Pastor’s Corner – April 13, 2025
Christ’s Humility/Philippians 2:5-11 “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus” As I write this piece Wednesday late afternoon, the Dow market soared 10%, 3,000 points […]
Tag: Lent
-
-
Pastor’s Corner – April 6, 2025
In the House of Bethany/John 12:1-8 You’ve heard the news of Rumeysa Ozturk, the Tufts University PhD student who was abducted by secret police with no criminal charges. Our university campuses across the nation […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 30, 2025
Jesus’ Invitation to the Kin-dom/Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Can you really blame him? I mean the elder son for his outrage and anger against dad who embraces a prodigal son? After slaving in labor […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 23, 2025
Gardener’s Advice/Luke 13:1-9 Who can resist the gardener’s advice to dig around deeply and replenish the soil? It’s our third Lenten Sunday and we are told of the parable of the barren fig […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 16, 2025
Fox and Chicken Story/Luke 13:31-35 Recently a friend of mine suggested, with the rising cost of eggs, that we should raise chickens. This would also be fun for the children […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 9, 2025
Our Baptismal Identity/Luke 4:1-13 Already into our first day of Lent, I imagine ash on my forehead from last night, though rubbed off already, that marked the sign of one’s […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 17, 2024
John 12:20-33 A Lesson from a Grain of Wheat In the gospel reading, the Greeks came looking for Jesus. They heard about Jesus and now they wanted to see for […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 10, 2024
Inshallah, God Willing A five year old injured child was brought in by a stranger who found him standing alone in the street. When asked where his family was, the […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – March 3, 2024
“Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up!” As I write, I am mindful of what day it is today. It’s March 1st. For many Koreans […]
-
Pastor’s Corner – February 18, 2024
Baptismal Blessing: Healing as Wholeness I’ve been reflecting on what it means to be a healer in our world. Listening to Dr. Vivek Murthy, United States Surgeon General and author of Together: […]