❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) How Much Do We Love Jesus? John 12:1-8 (Fourth Sunday of Lent ) Mari Ikeda Today, if reading in order, would be the time for the “Theology of Disability and Interdependence” series, but with Easter coming up, I decided to continue with the series on the Gospel of John. I did so because if we read the passages in order, we would read the Palm Sunday passage just in time for Palm Sunday. For those of you who have been looking forward to the disability series, please wait for next month. The title of today’s message is the question, “How much do we love Jesus?”…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Vintage Wine and Pots of Meat (Luke 5:37-39, 9:57-62, Exodus 16:1-3) Andy Nagahara A month ago I talked about what kind of church Your Church is, and today I’m going to continue with that. I’m sorry to anyone who saw today’s title and photo and expected an interesting story. I apologize in advance, but what I talk to you today is going to be an unpleasant, like astringent wine or tough meat. 1. New Wineskins (Luke 5:37-39) Now, let’s read the Gospel of Luke 5:37-39. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Righteousness・Justice・Fairness (Proverbs 2:1-9) Andy Nagahara Today we begin chapter 2 of our series on reading Proverbs. Here again the exhortation comes in the form of a father speaking to his son. What will God teach us today? Let’s listen with anticipation. Let’s read up to verse 5. 1. Seeking God’s will as if seeking hidden treasure (1-5) 1 My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, 2 turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, 3 and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, 4 and if you look for it as…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Why Jesus Had to Die (First Sunday of Lent) Mari Ikeda Today is the first Sunday of Lent. Lent is the 40-day period leading up to Easter, the celebration of Jesus’ resurrection. This year, Lent runs from March 5 to April 17, with Easter on April 20. During this time, as is the tradition of the Church, we are especially encouraged to spend time reflecting on the suffering of Jesus. Today we will continue to read the Gospel of John, and I think it is an appropriate passage to begin Lent. I hope that through today’s passage we can reflect on what Jesus suffered for…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) There Is No One Who Is Unclean Series “Theology of Interdependence and Disability” Part 7 (Mark 1:40-45) Mari Ikeda Today is the seventh in our monthly series, an attempt to re-read the Bible from the perspective of a person with a disability, based on the book by Kathy Black. Today we will read Mark 1:40-45. Since this is a short passage, I would like to begin reading it as a whole quickly. 40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and…