TJ Ono

Welcome TJ!

TJ’s grandmother came to faith in Jesus in an American-Japanese internment camp. Japanese Christians did not want the trauma of the camps to define the lives of the incarcerated children. So, these Christians played and laughed with the kids and told them stories about Jesus. It helped! In high school, my grandmother began to reflect upon the type of life she wanted to live. She immediately thought back to those Japanese Christians. She wanted to live like them. She wanted to be like them. She wanted Christ.

TJ reflects, “I feel a lot like the Apostle Paul’s prodigy, Timothy. Timothy’s faith came from his grandma and his mom (2 Tim 1:5). That is my story, too. My grandmother and mother have oriented their lives believing that Christ has changed everything. So, soon after I was born my parents baptized me. Through the faith of those who have gone before me, God gave me a mysterious means of grace that has shaped my life.”

TJ was born in California, raised in Texas, and educated in New England. And now, Arlington, VA. Each of these places holds a special place in his heart.

At our brunch TJ will discuss how globalism, hyper-individualism, and the digital age have formed our sense of self - our anthropology - and how Christians can orient their vocations (their ways of being in the world) to faithfully care for their neighbors and minister within their contexts