Eastertide sermons

Pastor Jisun asks. "Have you come home exhausted after a long and difficult day, disappointed, tired, wondering what next? When you feel abandoned and there is no one there to help you". She recounts the scripture passage of the day which deals with two disciples leaving Jerusalem and walking to Emmaus after feeling abandoned by their teacher and leader who had died on the cross. They were disappointed and in despair. Along the way they were joined by a stranger who talked wi

Pastor Jisun reflects about nicknames which can be hurtful to you. As a freckle-faced girl she was called a cabbage patch doll by her classmates. For some time she resented the nickname, but then gradually came to accept it. We do not make our own nicknames - they are given by others who perceive something about us. We can accept them or we can try to correct them. During this time of Eastertide, Pastor Jisun brings up the nickname "Doubting Thomas" given to Thomas the Apost