Pastor’s Corner – September 15, 2024
Mark 8:27-38 The Turning Point Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen the Korean film Parasite that won both the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2020 and the Palme d’Or at the […]
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Pastor’s Corner – September 8, 2024
Mark 7:24-37 One of the reasons why the gospel of Mark is my favorite among other gospels is because of the rawness of the narrative with no sweet coating. There […]
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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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – August 25, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – August 18, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – August 11, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – August 4, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – July 28, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – June 30, 2024
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 […]
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Pastor’s Corner – June 9, 2024
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 […]