Laura Hayasaka

Articles by Laura Hayasaka

  • “But Where Are the Nine?”

    “But Where Are the Nine?”

    Ten lonely men, ten physically deteriorating men, ten men suffering from leprosy had finally met Jesus outside Jerusalem. Not only did these men suffer physical affliction—disfigured noses, some fingers gone, loss of eyebrows and eyelashes, shortness of breath—their life was unbearable. Along with the trauma of social ostracism, they also suffered the deep pain of…

    Laura Hayasaka