From The Pastors

 “Joys and Concerns in Gardening” “Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them.” (Psalm 126:5-6) “How is your garden?” one of our parishioners asked me a few days ago. I replied, “My garden is suffering due…

“Why do We Need the New Directory?” “The Lord spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of second year after the Israelis came out of Egypt. He said, “take a census of the whole Israelite community by their clans and families,…

  “What Do United Methodist Need to Know?” He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;     I will be exalted among the nations,     I will be exalted in the earth.” The Lord Almighty is with us;     the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10-11) We’ve been inundated with rumors about the future of the United Methodist…

Reflection on Lenten Bible Study: “Why?-Making Sense of God’s Will”  9 We haven’t stopped praying for you and asking for you to be filled with the knowledge of God’s will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding. 10 We’re praying this so that you can live lives that are worthy of the Lord and pleasing to him in every…

Who is Our Family?  31 Then his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they said to him, “Your mother and your brothers are outside asking for you.” 33 And he replied, “Who are my mother and my brothers?” 34 And looking at those who sat…

“Reconnecting with One Another” “No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will have torn the new garment, and the patch from the new will not match the old.” (Luke 5:36)  I visited my country last year and stayed for two weeks. It…

“Let’s Replant it!” Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” (Matthew 19:14) Time flies so fast. It has been 5 years since I moved to Wisconsin. We have experienced many things during this time, some happy and some…

“Family Matters” “Now, if you are unwilling to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served in the region beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” (Joshua…

“A Joy of Harvest” “Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.” (Psalms 126:5-6)  Last Sunday, we had Laity Sunday, celebrating our ministry in 2023. What an incredible moment! What a grateful moment!…

“What Would Jesus Do?” “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples if you have a love for one another.” (John 13:34-35) Every year when October comes around I am…