Video Sermons
Hope in God
One Day!
Excerpt from the sermon:
"We are living in a social reality that is not like anything we have seen in our lifetime. The term, the “Cancel Culture” has become synonymous with these times. What is the Cancel Culture? Simply put, if my view is not your view, I cancel you from my life.
I still remember the November of 2016 election, when the presidential election results came out. How it caused division in our country! In fact, according to a Reuters/Ipsos (global market researcher) survey, 15% of Americans had stopped talking to a relative or close friend as a result of that election.
The lesson from the book of Judges is this: when the standard for right and wrong, good and bad, true and false, righteous and evil, love and hate are based on everyone doing what is right in their own eyes, it brings dysfunction, demoralization, indecency, division, and hopelessness.
This is not the way God designed us to live..."This sermon was inspired by a song called One Day by Matisyahu.
Blessing of Space in Between
This message is from a story of Abraham who was distressed and greatly concerned for his son, Ismael, when he was being sent away. It is understandable that a parent can be distressed when their child is moved away from their nest, or goes off to a college, or overseas to live,etc. However, there is a possibility of growth when space between relationships takes place. The space and distance between us can allow the relationships of each party to grow as an individual.
God said to Abraham, “I will make the son of the maidservant into a nation also, because he is your offspring.” vs. 13. Abraham set a skin of water and some food on Hagar's shoulders and then sent her off with the boy. She went on her way and wandered in the desert. They almost died in the desert. But God was with the boy as he grew up. They became strong and mighty!
A father's heart is like home, a very shelter where we return after a long day of hard labor. The separation was to reconnect, reconnect with a love that is deeper, a love that is understood with deeper maturity, a love that is unconditional. That is how we should love- for it is how God loves us.
Let's be Friends!
My father was a business man. When I was a little girl I remember walking into his furniture factory and touching all the pretty color fabrics and sitting on chairs and couches without anyone chasing me away.
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Isaiah 52:7-10
Summer in Santa Clarita Valley seems to get longer each year. It feels that way. It’s hotter and dryer. One day, I noticed my heels were super dry. Lotions or ointment were only helpful momentarily in the heat of the high desert weather.
While my actual feet were dry and heels cracking, my soul felt that dryness too. Wrestling and providing guidance during the COVID pandemic, racial unrest, and denominational and political anxiety, all of them drained my energy and soul. I felt not one ounce of energy left in me by early November.
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The Christian Church calendar begins with what Christians call the Advent. The word, “advent” is derived from the Latin adventus, which means “coming” or “arrival.” The Advent season consists of four Sundays starting on the forth Sunday before Christmas Day. This year, the Advent begins on November 28 and ends on Christmas Eve.
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