Category: Blog
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last-minute coffee orders
Finishing up a few last-minute Norikura Pioneer Roasters orders before the weekend.
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Congratulations Azumi!
https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/143814?fbclid=IwAR0NjS1N6hvH9mU7zxa78TrXYpD8_TRcUYiBC1XVBMfEB4yYYmD-284JZBQ
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Some good thoughts on the current state of affairs in the US
https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/policies-persons-and-paths-to-ruin
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Step by step
一歩一歩。 秋のピークを迎える週が終わると長い間「チームすもも荘」が準備したプロジェクトが完成に近くなって来ました。もうすぐ乗鞍高原での新しいクリエイティブスペースとこーリビングスペースが誕生します。 https://sumomonorikura.com
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Happy Birthday, Hannah!
You are an amazing blessing to me and our family and the community around us.I pray your life will continue to reflect God’s love and grace in our home as you walk out the faith given to you.
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アルプス山岳郷 | インタビュー #3
乗鞍高原 「GiFT NORiKURA Gelato&Cafe」 ~アルプスエリアの古くて新しい食体験 その2~ 2019年夏、乗鞍観光センター内にオープンしたGiFT NORiKURA Gelato&Cafe。地元や近隣地域の生産者から仕入れる、この地域ならではの素材をふんだんにつかったジェラートや、地元で焙煎された豆でいれるコーヒー、地元の果物をつかったジャムトーストなどが好評で、特に休日の店頭は大賑わいのようです。— Read on alps-sangakukyo.amebaownd.com/posts/10747524
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Four Qualities of Empathy
Recently I have been thinking about how drastically different it is to be around people who have a natural or learned ability to show empathy vs. people who cannot or will not show empathy.This little clip from Berné Brown pretty much nails it. There are Four Qualities of Empathy:– Perspective-taking The ability to take someone…
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アルプス山岳郷 | インタビュー #2
~アルプスエリアの古くて新しい食体験 その1~ 2020年9月16日に、さわんど温泉にて新名物「さわん丼」が誕生しました。 温泉地・さわんどの魅力を詰め込み、「温泉」を活用したまちづくりを考える中で生み出された新メニューということなのですが、「なぜ丼なのか?」「まちづくりと温泉と新メニューにはどんな関係が?」など、— Read on alps-sangakukyo.amebaownd.com/posts/10426109
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Happy Birthday, Hannah!
We are so thankful to God for allowing us to welcome such a joyful little girl into our home. We pray that you will continue to grow in love for God and people in the years to come.
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アルプス山岳郷の地域づくりインタビュー
GiFT NORiKURAのインタビューが出ました!Ayako Momijiさんがいつも分かりやすく書いてくれて感謝です。 これで三回のインタビュアーができました。アルプス山岳郷の中らか面白そうな取り組みとか商品開発などの事をピックアップして記事にしていきたいと思います。彼かからのお話を聞きたいとか、この話が面白いとかがあるならその提案をコメントのところで書いてください。 1回目 – https://alps-sangakukyo.amebaownd.com/posts/8289139 2回目 – https://alps-sangakukyo.amebaownd.com/posts/10426109 3回目 – https://alps-sangakukyo.amebaownd.com/posts/10747524
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Happy Birthday Josiah
We are constantly thanking God for all His provisions and blessings. And on Sep. 5th we thanked God for Josiah’s life and all that joy has brought for the past 8 years. He requested pizza for dinner and a bunny rabbit cake for his birthday.
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The poverty of plenty.
Started a new book and found this in the first few pages and felt like this could have been written yesterday.It’s good to be reminded that we may not be facing all that different circumstances than those did decades ago. “The poverty of today is not the poverty of want but the poverty of plenty.”…
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Quote from Brotherhood Economics
“…material things become economically useful only as they receive man’s spiritual response.” Toyohiko Kagawa
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Remembering Sir Ken Robinson
Sir Ken Robinson was an extraordinary man with a love for creativity and an amazing gift for communication.If you don’t know who he is please feel free to get to know him in the most viewed TED video ever titled “Do schools kill creativity?“. You can read more about his life here.
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Happy Birthday to Gabriel!
We are so thankful for your life and proud of how you are growing and learning so many new things. He asked for a cake with Curious George on a bike. Hannah came up with the idea to make it a Curious Gabriel instead.