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Roger W. Lowther

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Roger W. Lowther is founder and director of Community Arts Tokyo, assisting church planting through the arts. Roger is also director of faith and art at Grace City Church Tokyo and coordinator for the MAKE Collective, a global network of missionary artists. He has been serving with Mission to the World in Japan since 2005. Roger received degrees from The Juilliard School and Columbia University and is currently studying at Reformed Theological Seminary. He lives in downtown Tokyo with his wife Abi and four boys.

いのちの木

「すごい!」

私は30メートルほどある巨大な松の木を見上げた。陸前高田市には350年に渡って70,000本の赤松と黒松の林が育っていた。防風林として海沿いに植えられたものだ。日本で最も美しい日本百景の一つだった。しかし、津波ですべてが流されてしまった。ただこの一本を除いて。

「行くのがこんなに大変だったとは!」とルカは言った。彼女は石巻でのコンサートのためにともに活動していた音楽家の一人だ。私たちはこの木を見るために一時間ほど道のない泥の中を歩いていた。「津波はこの地域を破滅したね。そして私の靴も。」彼女は足元を見ながら言った。

見渡す限り、広大で荒しい泥の景色だった。すべての木、建物、道がなくなった。10メートル以上の津波は、高田松原を含め、無情にすべてを流した。すべては、海の奥底からの重い土砂で埋められた。

もう一度、松の木を見上げた。70,000本の松原も公園の木も流された中、この「奇跡の一

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