Pastor’s Corner – September 1, 2024
Finding Peace in Your Heart Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 In 1966, the Trappist monk Thomas Merton met the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and asked him what he had learned […]
Finding Peace in Your Heart Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 In 1966, the Trappist monk Thomas Merton met the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh and asked him what he had learned […]
Putting on the Armor of God Ephesians 6:10-20 I don’t know about you but I’ve been enjoying the DNC’s speeches all this week with messages of hope and future. It’s […]
Transfer of Power I Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 Since we’ve meditated on the Bread theme the past three Sundays, I want to focus on the Old Testament reading, and shed light on the […]
John 6:35, 41-51 Growing up as a pastor’s kid, my dad would often take me to one of his regular church members’ home visitations. It’s customary in these visits that as […]
Our Daily Bread and More John 6:24-35 Last Sunday, I was given a copy of Our Daily Bread and More, a cookbook published sometime in the late 1980s by our church as […]
For the past few Sundays, we’ve witnessed Jesus and his disciples going from village after village, engaging in healing ministry. The crowd that followed him grew, and the news about […]
Faith Reaching Out Mark 5:21-43 It’s been 32 years since I graduated from seminary, and 30 years since I took the ordination vows and said yes to, “Will you pray […]
Jesus Mission The gospel reading from Mark for this Sunday feels cryptic, as if Jesus is in his own world and people around him don’t understand him. It’s as if […]
Spiritual Rebirth Are you born again? There was before and after. Before I was a sinner in need of redemption and after receiving Jesus as my Lord and Savior I […]
Leaving Home The hardest part of my travel to Korea was saying goodbye to mom. She just turned 85 and I was happy to be able to spend birthday with her. […]