Some years ago, I spent part of my summer in China teaching English. I attended an evening worship service in a church in the city of Fuzhou. In one of the rooms of that church was a large picture on the wall of Jesus, with long Read more →

The text for this morning comes from the gospel according to Luke. Luke records that one of Jesus’ first resurrection appearances was to two of his followers on their way to Emmaus on that first Easter day. Jesus walked along with a Read more →

When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the Jewish authorities, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” I Read more →

It’s Easter Sunday and it’s our second consecutive Easter Sunday that we’ve been unable to meet in person for worship and fellowship. I know it’s disappointing, no one is more disappointed than me. I look forward to Easter every year, Read more →

Why do we gather in worship this morning? Why have a Good Friday service when we know that Easter is only three days away? Why go through the motions of being sad when we know that the story doesn’t end this way, that soon Read more →

Do you remember the story of the unnamed woman who took a jar of perfume and anointed Jesus’ head with it? John’s gospel says it was Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus and that she poured the perfume on Jesus’ feet Read more →

Our worship services are prerecorded and then posted online Watch on YouTube. “RISKING TEMPTATION”The Rev. Victor KimMark 14:32-50(03-28-21) Lent 6 Today is what is traditionally known as Palm Sunday.  And as I said in the … Read More

I want to begin by thanking Heather Min for the beautiful solo and Jannie for the accompaniment. Not only was the solo beautiful, but it was so meaningful given the connection with the testimony that Heather shared, Read more →

This morning we come to a story that seems familiar but as we take a closer look, we realize that the story isn’t perhaps what we thought it was. This is a story of the anointing of Jesus in a place called Bethany. Bethany was a Read more →

I want to thank Dr. Richard Topping for sharing a short reflection on risk this morning, risk in what he sees as he looks through that rather large camera lens and risk in his own context as a teacher and preacher. Over Read more →