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“Mission Not Evangelism”

Many have lamented that the Christian Church has been losing its influence in the world for decades. However, this stems from a...

“People of Grace”

Maryan and I left LA right after the service on June 26th for our trip to Midwest, and we will return to LA late Monday night. On Friday...

“Moral Courage to Redeem Moral Culpability”

Recent morally-bankrupt decisions of the NOT-supreme corrupt court are the culmination of more than 50 years of power-buying schemes and...

Life After Tragedy

Last Sunday, Maryan and I headed eastward to see our daughter and her partner in Michigan. At first, we talked much about the June 24...

"The Dark Ages Repeating"

Today is a sad day. This morning a group of hate-driven-incompetent, six out of nine, supreme court (non-capitalization is intentional)...

"Pride Month"

June is Pride Month. The current LGBTIQA+ pride movement promotes self-affirmation, dignity, equality, greater visibility, and acceptance...

"Blowing in the Wind"

This Sunday, Rev. Kikanza Nuri Robins will be preaching as I attend a family wedding in Minnesota. We are grateful that Kikanza is so...

"How Do We Go on Living?"

Once again, we are inundated with news coverage of another unspeakable senseless tragedy. As a parent, I cannot imagine the pain of those...

Healing of the Soul

The recent massacres in a grocery store in Buffalo and a Presbyterian church in Orange County make it clear that there is something...

Nakba

May 15th is Nakba Remembrance Day. Nakba, Palestinian Catastrophe, describes the suffering of the Palestinian people with the ongoing...

Attack on Women

As the nation is preparing to celebrate all mothers, Alito (I can’t call him Justice because he is making a political statement, not a...

May Day

Sunday is May 1, and varieties of celebrations associated with May Day come from many cultures. May is the halfway point between the...

Pentecost

“Resilience”

“Cultural Shift”