Parable of the Sower By Pastor Leo E. Longan If you remember anything about how Pastor Longan taught the bible, I’d like for you to remember this: always ask yourself “Where am I in this picture?” Whenever you read scripture – and I hope that Read More …
Perfect Love Casts Out Fear By Doris Tegge On May 22, 2017, a terrorist exploded a shrapnel bomb in a crowded venue in Manchester England just as the concert goers were getting ready to leave. 22 innocent persons were killed, including many under 16 years Read More …
Restlessness By Pastor Leo E. Longan There’s so much high beauty in the lessons this morning I hardly know where to begin. The first words of the first lesson and the last words of the gospel are both set to glorious music in Handel’s MESSIAH: Read More …
Independence Day / LIRS By Pastor Leo E. Longan In honor of Independence Day this year, I’d like to lift up one of the most important ways that the United States government encourages, supports and pays for Christian ministry. Maybe you think the government doesn’t Read More …
In the title song and dance number of the movie “Singing in the Rain”, Gene Kelly is caught in a torrential downpour as he walks home in the evening. It is drenching wet and he is catching a cold, yet although there are storm clouds Read More …
Nicodemus Moved by the Holy Spirit By Xuming Sun This year’s Easter season, I learned about a Biblical person, Nicodemus, through Pastor’s teaching and our children’s lovely performances. On the second Lent Sunday, our gospel reading revealed this well-known quote from Jesus – • For Read More …
A Post Lenten Devotion By Muriel Davis Even though Lent has passed and we are now in the season of Easter, I decided to share with you this inspirational devotion given to me by Linda Seubert, a member of Trinity who moved upstate but still Read More …
On Buddha’s Relics and the First Easter By Pastor Emmanuel Ilagan While I was working with the Christian Conference of Asia (the umbrella organization of churches and church councils in Asia) I had the opportunity to visit several Asian countries. These countries take pride in Read More …
He must have been around five (5) years old, but he had never experienced the joys of childhood. He is the boy who was pulled out from the rubble caused by an air strike in Aleppo in strife-torn Syria. There are girls and boys like Read More …
So I’m going to tell you a secret about us preachers today, but don’t get your hopes up, it’s nothing very juicy. Whenever we open up the lessons and find out that we have to preach about demons, it is, as we used to say Read More …