Live Longer, Live Better

The message of Easter for us is to live longer and better. People since the foundation of the world spoke about life, growth and better living. Even nature’s goal and purpose is to live longer and to share in the creation of a better world as everything blooms around us. This [...]

Lent

As I visit twenty patients for pastoral care everyday at the hospital, I find that most people do not have a strong support system. Most of them have family or friends but their relationship is not very strong for them to respond to their needs.
I met a lady in her 70’s. [...]

Dreaming

Dreams do not come true until you write them down and make them goals. The last Saturday of January, 2010, the leadership of Larkspur Christian Church held their annual retreat. We dreamed together. We wrote down our dreams. We came away with some goals we want to accomplish within the next twelve months. [...]

Christian Resolutions for the Year 2010

It is a new day; we have begun the year 2010. New Year’s Eve has always been a time for reviewing our past and making some changes for the future. Let’s pause for a
minute and reflect on the changes we want (or need) to make and resolve to follow through on those promises and changes. [...]

Live, Laugh, Love

Last Sunday I visited one of our church members’ home, and as I walked into their living room, I noticed a sign high above the window that stated “Live, Laugh, Love.” As I read these three words I wanted to make sense of what I was reading. First of all most of us do not [...]

Peace Offering

What is our purpose here on earth? This has been a question for so many from the beginning of creation.
Someone said that if we want a world without hunger we need to imagine one. I really believe that if we want a church without problems, difficult situation, spiritual and financial needs, we need [...]

The Life Cycle of a Congregation

“New occasions teach new duties;
Time makes ancient good uncouth.”
-James Russell Lowell
What is life? Scientists have suggested that we still do not have a clear definitive answer to this question. The scripture in Psalm 103:15-16 give some light to this question;
“As for man, his days are like grass,
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Betty Day

Betty Day. I will never forget when I received the news that she passed away. It was Sunday evening, it was a little windy, and the sun was going down. What can we say about this woman who came to our church almost a decade ago and yet we knew so little [...]

All of us in One of us

7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray that the LORD will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The LORD said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is [...]