I haven’t been on this platform in a minute, but in the face of an overwhelming flood of gun violence and as many of us feel the weight of…

In a time of unprecedented death, chaos, transition, and turmoil, many of us have recognized that we cannot go back to “normal.” We are longing for the birth of something new. Yet birth never happens the way that we would expect. It is messy and disruptive, it is full of…

Longsuffering God, your people are no stranger to longsuffering. 40 days, 40 years, 400 years, are all reminders that suffering doesn’t just last one night. New days don’t always bring new circumstances. As we face the limitations of vaccines, the virility of variants, concerning spikes in case counts, the sobering reality…

God of creativity- of diversity, multiplicity, and accessibility, You say in your house are many rooms. You build a space where all can dwell and live exactly as who we are- without shame. So forgive us for the ways that your Church has shut out and shut in- for making barriers to…

I’ve written about Juneteenth before, in 2020 and in 2019, but as a Korean American in this moment, I’ve been reflecting on how the “popularizing” of Juneteenth this year feels strange, like a cheapening and commercializing of the true meaning (and cost) of Black liberation. …

Today, on June 15, 2021, the U.S. hit 600,000 lives lost from the covid-19 pandemic. I wrote this prayer in response, thinking of our collective grief. — — — — — — — — — - God who wept, acquainted with sorrow, Your tear-streaked face and snot-smeared cloak were visible…

Written for Trinity Sunday 2021. For the day our church doors re-opened again in a transition to hybrid services. ONE Holy, Triune God You are the author of family, The source of community A generous host who welcomes us To dwell in your loving presence MANY Gather us as one body…

Oh Spirit of God- who moves us in ways we cannot control, who leads us to places we never dreamed- We cry out to you this Pentecost Day, for you to ignite the fires of possibility, to stir up the winds of change. Amidst the disruptions and rumblings of this…

As we see images of Asian mothers and grandmothers brutally attacked in the street, including 2 Asian women who stabbed in San Francisco this past week, we give thanks for the countless ways they have loved and cared for us and future generations, even if those acts of love are…