EP Reflections
Evidence of the Resurrection
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. John 3:16 Happy Easter! I pray that you felt the life-giving power of God’s love as we celebrate the rising of Jesus Christ. I have to...
Ash Wednesday to the Day of Resurrection
“Where, O death, is your victory?Where, O death, is your sting?” 1 Corinthians 15:55 As we begin Holy Week, we anticipate the glorious hope that comes with Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. The exultation is made all the greater as it follows a season of...
Life in Us
And he did the same with the cup after supper, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.” Luke 22:20 I thank you all for your continued prayers for my recovery. I am feeling stronger, and I feel that the first surgery (for a...
Death and New Life
Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus,who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited,but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness.And being found in human...
Ash Wednesday Observation
Dear San Gabriel Presbytery, Grace and peace to you. This year’s Ash Wednesday Service was something sacred. As the young folks might say, “it hit differently.” And it truly did—because the Holy Spirit was on full display, moving through a community of believers who...
Jesus at the Center
"At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, 'Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.' And he said to them, 'Go and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course.'” Luke 13:31-32...
Season of Lent
As I searched for ministry and devotional Presbyterian resources this year, a couple of books caught my attention this Lenten season. One is Turning Over Tables: A Lenten Call for Disrupting Power by Kathy Escobar, and the other is From Wilderness to Glory: Lent and...
Show Me Your Glory!
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Exodus 34:29 We are fresh off the Season of Epiphany,...
Lent Is Just Around The Corner
“I am your brother, Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt.” “God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors. So it was not you who sent me here, but God…” Genesis 45:4b, 7-8a I can’t believe Lent is coming up soon....
Executive Presbyter
Wendy has a creative, spiritual and prophetic way of seeing the world that offers deep insights for practical living. She believes the Church is renewed from the edges, not the center, when those who’ve been marginalized are embraced.