EP Reflections

Juneteenth: Bearing the Seed

Those who go out weeping,bearing the seed for sowing,shall come home with shouts of joy,carrying their sheaves. Psalm 126:6 Today is Juneteenth, the commemoration of the order, issued by Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, proclaiming freedom from slavery...

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God Who Never Changes

Long ago you laid the foundation of the earth,     and the heavens are the work of your hands.They will perish, but you endure;    they will all wear out like a garment.You change them like clothing, and they pass away,     but you are the same, and your years have no...

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God’s Work in Progress

The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed of every kind, and trees of every kind bearing fruit with the seed in it. And God saw that it was good Genesis 1:12 There are many ways that we can glimpse God’s reign in the life of the Presbytery. The week...

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Pentecost People

[Jesus said,] “The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” John 3:8 I know I’ve mentioned before that we seem to be living in fluid times,...

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Pentecost

In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 2:17 Welcome to the first MMU in the post-Ally...

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Mini-Pentecost

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 As I mentioned last week, this month I have several opportunities to check in with the...

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Scarcity

I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair balance between your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance. As it is written,...

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God Isn’t Done With Us Yet

“Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said, ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” John 7:37b-38 This last weekend I attended two joyous and intriguing events. On Saturday,...

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Farewells

I thank my God for every remembrance of you, always in every one of my prayers for all of you, praying with joy for your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who began a good work in you will continue to complete...

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Wendy S. Tajima
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.