Micah 4:1-4/ Psalm 11/ John 14:15-27 Peace, Overdue Korean War My parents were in elementary school during the Korean War. My mother’s family had to retreat to the south, and that is where my grandmother gave birth to my youngest … Continue reading →
Psalm 23/ John 10:22-30 Family: Circle of Trust Forming a Relationship of Trust My cat Melody and I have been together for almost 10 years. She’s a shy cat. It took several months till she let me pick her up, … Continue reading →
1 Samuel 16:14-23/ Lamentations 5:19-22/ John 13:31-35 Compassionate Circle for Healing Yook Woo Dang’s Poems of Pain Korean Rainbow United, a Korean group inside the United Church of Canada of which I am a part, has been working on translating … Continue reading →
The Gift of Doubt Based on Acts 5:27-32 and John 20:19-29 Mostly I want to focus on the gospel of John this morning, but I invite you to turn aside for a moment and look at this passage from the … Continue reading →
Luke 24:1-12/ Isaiah 25:6-9/ Psalm 118 Easter Hope: Giving Life Secularized Holidays Today is Easter Sunday and as usual, the internet is full of funny Easter memes. In one of them, Jesus walks out of the tomb/ cave and the … Continue reading →
(Luke 22-23) As We Follow Jesus to the Cross Death of Jesus: Traditional Theology Today is Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday, starting the Holy Week. Through our exceptionally long scripture reading, we followed Jesus to his cross. Those of us who … Continue reading →
Isaiah 43:16-21/ Philippians 3:5-14/ John 12:1-8 Spiritual Makeover Makeovers Do you like makeovers? Makeovers make us feel fresh and new. I feel like a new person when, once a year, I dress up and wear makeup for the performing … Continue reading →
Isaiah 55:1-9/ Psalm 63/ Luke 13:1-9 Come to Me, Come Back to Me Breech of Relationships Have you ever experienced a breech in any of your relationships and you suffered both physically and emotionally? My most significant experience of … Continue reading →
Genesis 15:1-6/ Psalm 27/ Luke 13:31-35 Lamenting Our Time Jesus the Prophet Jesus had a lot of monikers; God in human form, Son of God, Son of Man, Saviour, teacher, preacher, and prophet, to mention some of them. Today, … Continue reading →
James 2:1-10, 14-17/ Psalm 37/ Mark 7:24-37 Don’t We Deserve Justice? Do the Right Thing Movie In 1989, Spike Lee made the movie Do the Right Thing that proved him to be one of the greatest movie directors of … Continue reading →