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April Yamasaki

April Yamasaki 200April Yamasaki currently serves as resident author with Valley CrossWay Church, editor of Rejoice! daily devotional magazine, and often speaks in churches and other settings. Her third Herald Press book will be released on June 24, Hope Beyond Our Sorrows: Learning to Live with Life-Changing Loss. Learn more at AprilYamasaki.com, WhenYouWorkfortheChurch.com, and Writing and Other Acts of Faith on Substack.

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Looking for a new church, and how I found one

May 15, 2025 by April Yamasaki 2 Comments

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After 25 years of congregational ministry, I felt a new wind of the Spirit blowing in my life, to complete my role as a pastor and focus instead on the writing side of my ministry. It felt like a huge step for my husband and me to leave the congregation that had first called and nurtured me in ministry, that had been home to both of us for so many years. Yet we sensed a new … [Read more...] about Looking for a new church, and how I found one

Decluttering outwardly and inwardly

March 17, 2025 by April Yamasaki Leave a Comment

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“You’re not moving, are you?” asked one of my neighbours with a concerned look on her face. “No, I’m just trying to get more organized at home,” I reassured her. But I could see why she thought I might be getting ready to move. Several of our neighbours had left recently, and I had been stacking a number of boxes beside the garage for the next thrift store pickup. That’s when … [Read more...] about Decluttering outwardly and inwardly

Are you ready to be a spiritual formation mentor?

February 3, 2025 by April Yamasaki Leave a Comment

Spiritual mentoring

Last year I was invited to serve as a spiritual formation mentor for a student entering a Doctor of Ministry program. What?? My husband had been a mentor as part of our congregation’s mentoring program that paired youth with adults. Business and other organizations sometimes have formal mentoring programs to support and nurture new employees. But the expression spiritual … [Read more...] about Are you ready to be a spiritual formation mentor?

Don’t worry, be thankful

November 14, 2024 by April Yamasaki Leave a Comment

Dont worry be thankful

On the weekend before Thanksgiving, I hosted fourteen people for supper. It all started the previous year, when I said, “I don’t see why our church couldn’t have a team in the Ride for Refuge to raise funds for Inner Hope Youth Ministries.” Then after last year’s team of four walkers, this year I said, “I don’t see why we couldn’t do the walk/run off-site and have a chili … [Read more...] about Don’t worry, be thankful

Are You Feeling Writerly?

September 20, 2024 by April Yamasaki 5 Comments

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Last spring I received word that the Fraser Valley Christian Writers group would be officially closing. The coronavirus pandemic had put an end to their monthly gatherings, and the group had never regained its footing. Although I live in the Fraser Valley, am a Christian, and a writer, I’d never been a regular part of the group. But I knew some of the writers who regularly … [Read more...] about Are You Feeling Writerly?

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