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Seven Things That Carry Us
Life is not held together by certainty or control. It is carried by a few deeper things that steady us when life gets hard, confusing, or unexpectedly beautiful. This series reflects on seven of them: truth, response, people, conviction, wonder, steadiness, and spirit.
Wonder
The world is always larger than our assumptions.
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By Rev Dr Richard Chung
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Did You Know ?
The Bible took over a thousand years to write. The Torah reflects a reality from before 1250 BC, then on to Revelation at about 95 AD. It covers three continents and their cultural eras. Created by more than three dozen attributed authors helped by co-writers, assistants and editors. Since then, the Bible has repeatedly been re-translated from original Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew or other languages, as new understanding of those past languages use surfaced. Also early Christians did not have a Bible. Apostles preaching was eventually documented about forty to sixty years and for Johns letters some 20 years, later, after the Resurrection.
Between 5 and 7 billion copies have been printed. Translated into several thousand languages. The span of time and based on which of the 66 to 73 books that make up the Bible, undermines the exact numbers. There is no other book even close to the Bible’s impact.Its secret … the conversations it has fueled, about guard rails on greed, fear and uncertainty and life with improved grace and dignity for all.
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Next Worship
When the Fire Finds It’s Voice
on May 24, 2025
at 10 am
Reading: Psalm 104:24-35,
Acts 2:1-214
with Rev. Dr. Richard Chung
Easter Hope Amidst the Ruins:
Easter in a Time of War
This Easter, the message of resurrection feels strikingly surreal. As we celebrate life emerging from the tomb, our news feeds are filled with images of death, destruction, and wars. It is easy for the darkness of modern conflicts to overshadow the light of the empty tomb. How can we find hope in Christ’s return when the world feels like it is tearing itself apart?
Reconciling today’s turmoil with resurrection is the very essence of Easter, as “birth pains” of a new, restored world, launched by the resurrection.. The resurrection was never a promise that suffering would vanish instantly, but rather an announcement that evil, violence, and death have been decisively defeated. When Jesus rose, He broke the power of darkness, proving that life is stronger than the grave. Today’s wars, as tragic as they are, do not invalidate Easter; they mean that we are still living in the “interim space” between Christ’s victory and his final return.
The Bible explicitly warns of increased conflict before Jesus returns in Birth Pains (Matthew 24:6-8): Jesus taught that wars and rumors of war would occur as part of a chaotic “pre-new-world” period. These are seen as necessary, though painful, stages before final restoration. The wars in the Middle East and beyond are more signs of the times, that bring a focus on anticipation. The promise of Jesus’ return is that he will make “all things new” and bring a final justice that earthly powers cannot. War and political solutions aside, we look to the Prince of Peace, whose kingdom will end all violence.
Easter calls us to be “children of the resurrection,” empowered by that first dawn to be ambassadors of love in a chaotic world. Refusing to be numb to suffering, instead actively praying for peace and supporting the vulnerable are the focus. We look beyond the surface of headlines to hold onto the divine promise that no night is too dark for the light of Christ to overcome.
We reconcile the chaos by resting in the victory already won, allowing the hope of Jesus’ return to drive out fear, revenge, and despair. Happy Easter. He is risen, and He is coming again.
Good Reads … for this summers Ordinary time
by Jeff Goodell
An urgent, factual telling about how heat sneaks in quietly killing in ways not initially obvious. For example, by forcing the migration of insects.
by Ronald Rolheiser
A guide that brings grace to relinquishing control, while navigating the later years of life. Embrace the wisdom of aging faithfully.
by Richard Chung
A Quiet Collection of Reflections on Faith, Identity, and Ordinary Life
by Richard
(Knox Good Reads
Best Seller)
by John Fugelsang
A Sane Person’s Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds
(New York Times
Best Seller)
by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation
(New York Times
Best Seller)
by Dr. Dan McClellan
What We Get Right (and Wrong) About What Scripture Really Says
(New York Times
Best Seller)