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Pentecost

The Christian Church celebrates Pentecost as the day when the Holy Spirit came upon the believers. However, our understanding is minimal...

“Resilience”

On Thursday night, I attended the Baccalaureate Ceremony at USC. The theme of the night was resilience. The graduating class went into...

“Cultural Shift”

Kodak had dominated the film and camera industry for decades, but its unwillingness to transform its business model led to its...

“Eastertide”

This is the Eastertide, the season when the church celebrates the presence of living Jesus among the people. Eastertide began on Easter...

“Living With Hope”

This week was one of those rare calendar events where the high holidays of three Abrahamic religions overlapped. The Jews’ Passover was...

Easter

As a seminary student struggling to prepare another Easter message, I complained to an experienced friend about the difficulty I was...

“Palm Sunday”

This Sunday is Palm Sunday, and the church historically has celebrated this day as the day when the people recognized Jesus as the...

“Can They Live?”

If you have read any news, you would have read that several states are working to limit self-determination rights of individuals...

“Family”

I am writing this on Wednesday evening in my brother’s Fort Lee, New Jersey condo. On Monday morning, I flew out to Newark and have spent...

“Lenten”

This Sunday is the Second Sunday in Lent, so what is Lent? While Lent may be familiar to those who grew up in ritual-focused churches,...

“What the World Needs Now”

As I read the news about more than 41,000 deaths in the Turkey and Syria earthquake, there are now more than 40 million people whose...

“Pigs and the Sabbath”

This is the Super Bowl weekend, and the nation is mesmerized by a game played with inflated pigskins. It is also played by a group of...

Pentecost

“Resilience”

“Cultural Shift”