EP Reflections
Minimizing
For though I am free with respect to all, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I might win more of them. To the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that I might by all means save some. 1 Corinthians 9:19, 22...
Managing
The earth is the Lord’s and all that is in it,the world, and those who live in it;the Lord who has founded it on the seas,and established it on the rivers. Psalm 24:1-2 Yesterday was an important day in the Presbytery of San Gabriel. In the morning, Arcadia Community...
Self-Portrait
For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us . . . Romans 12:4-6a Last...
Identity
Love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; who is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Luke 6:35 I am part of the Camino de San Diego Virtual Border Trip, which is being...
There is a God . . .
Jesus said to the apostles, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” Mark 6:31 A couple of weeks ago, I was getting ready to go on vacation, including the first time I was to fly in almost two years. I was thinking it was a really good time...
Unexpected Gifts
A Reflection by Stated Clerk for Administration, Rev. Ally Lee The last days of August are upon us. Schools have begun. We are watching the shifts in weather nervous about local fires and praying for our neighbors affected by ongoing fire and smoke. Hurricane season...
Doing the Impossible
“If the prophet had commanded you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? How much more, when all he said to you was, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 2 Kings 5:13 These are indeed strange and trying times. I could quote the most famous of opening lines, “It was...
225th General Assembly Notes
Stated Clerk for Judicial ProcessElder Steve Salyards As we enter the fall season many of the preliminary events that precede next summer’s 225th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) will be happening. These include the introduction of overtures,...
Forgiving the Virus
Peter came and said to Jesus, “Lord, if another member of the church sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven times. Matthew 18:21-22 So I’m still on my Summer Olympics...
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.