As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, yet such a person has no root but endures only for a while, and when trouble or persecution arises on account of theword, that person immediately falls away....

Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. John 9:35a (The Message) In last week’s Presbytery meeting, we approved some important basics for our church life, such as new information on benefits for pastors and their families; presbytery minimum...

“But where shall wisdom be found?And where is the place of understanding?Mortals do not know the way to it,and it is not found in the land of the living.” Job 28:12-13 I feel like I talk about COVID more than other people, but I think it was a watershed moment for us....

Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for the long term, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. Philemon...

“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:26 (NRSVUE) When I get ready to write my weekly column, the first thing I do is check the lectionary for this...

“Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, how you swore to them by your own self, saying to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have promised I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it...

hey shall not build and another inhabit;they shall not plant and another eat,for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. Isaiah 65:22 Kristen Gaydos from the national church staff accompanied...

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,   whose mercies never come to an end;they are new every morning;   great is your faithfulness;   grande es tu fidelidad. Lamentations 3:22-23Lamentaciones 3:23b This last Saturday was a high point in the life of San Gabriel...

You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with thesaints and also members of the household of God. Ephesians 2:19 I had the best time yesterday, at the 50th Anniversary of Korean Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church in Rowland Heights! Some of...