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Notes for the journey: following Jesus, staying South Asian
Can you follow Jesus and keep your culture? In this book we explore what it means to follow Jesus as a South Asian. Are there things from your culture that you will have to give up or change? What about your family and community? How does this affect your goals and priorities in life? This book will help you find practical answers, based on the Bible's teaching.
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 31, 2012
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About the author
Robin Thomson
37 books2 followersRobin and Shoko Thomson met when he was travelling to India and she was returning to Japan after studying abroad. They were married and lived in India for over twenty years, teaching and training church and community leaders. After they returned to the UK Robin wrote and taught on cross-cultural understanding and leadership development.
In January 2012 Shoko was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
“We had no clue what lay ahead. Later, when the disease really began to bite, we learned the hard way. We had been married over forty years, living in twenty-three homes in India, the UK and Japan, bringing up our two children, sharing our life together. Now we went through discouragement and relentless pressure as her personality changed and she lost her capacity in many areas of life. What kept us going were the love and practical help of family and friends, and the remarkable friendship and support of the carers who visited us, backed up by health and social care professionals. Shoko died of heart failure in 2018.”
“Everybody’s experience of dementia is different. But there are common themes and I thought our story might be helpful to others facing similar experiences – the same pain and pressures, as well as the hope and resources.”
“I wanted to share our story as openly and honestly as possible. It’s quite difficult to convey the sense of bewilderment and sometimes hopelessness that you can feel, as well as the real joys and hopes.”
More at https://www.livingwithalzheimers.life/
In January 2012 Shoko was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
“We had no clue what lay ahead. Later, when the disease really began to bite, we learned the hard way. We had been married over forty years, living in twenty-three homes in India, the UK and Japan, bringing up our two children, sharing our life together. Now we went through discouragement and relentless pressure as her personality changed and she lost her capacity in many areas of life. What kept us going were the love and practical help of family and friends, and the remarkable friendship and support of the carers who visited us, backed up by health and social care professionals. Shoko died of heart failure in 2018.”
“Everybody’s experience of dementia is different. But there are common themes and I thought our story might be helpful to others facing similar experiences – the same pain and pressures, as well as the hope and resources.”
“I wanted to share our story as openly and honestly as possible. It’s quite difficult to convey the sense of bewilderment and sometimes hopelessness that you can feel, as well as the real joys and hopes.”
More at https://www.livingwithalzheimers.life/
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September 12, 2025
“I realised that my previous impressions of the God of the Bible were wrong. He is not a God only for the Americans or the English but for every race, colour and language.”
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