Jan 25, 2023

“On this celebration of the Lunar New Year, let us recall our own identity as fishers for people, especially those among us who are Asian or Asian-American. We here are all immigrants or descendants in some way. We here, and our ancestors, came from nations very far away. We come here, to this table, in our...

Jan 19, 2023

“It is our time to be in the center of both the pain and the problem.”

Sermon by Najuma Smith-Pollard from worship at 10:00 a.m. on MLK Sunday, January 15, 2023 at All Saints Church, Pasadena. Readings: Psalm 98:1-4, MLK’s I’ve Been to the Mountaintop, and Luke 4:14-22. Watch the sermon on YouTube.    

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Jan 13, 2023

“When we are secure in our belovedness, we don’t need to hide our wounds because we know that there is no wound that love cannot eventually heal. When we are secure in our belovedness, we don’t need to broadcast our wounds so people will see us because we already know that we are seen and that we are loved. When...

Jan 4, 2023

“God is for us and was made present among us in the Word made flesh in order to convince us that we are safe because we are loved by God. And it is out of that safety – out of the sure and certain knowledge that absolutely nothing can separate us from that love – that we can risk – we can dare -- we can be the...

Jan 4, 2023

“The Christ looks at a travel warning and says “Hell, no!” These are my people. And nobody is going to tell me that I can’t go be with my people, where they are, as they are.  That’s what tonight is about. And that’s why when that baby Jesus (smack hands) hit the atmosphere, you can bet he cried, because…...