Is there any good news in the cross of Jesus Christ for the LGBTQIA+ individuals, when in truth, the death of Jesus on the cross has been used to oppress us? Rev Joseph Tiu San Jose of Open Table MCC has insights on what it means to be an LGBTQIA+ Christian this Holy Week. […]
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The Passion Story of Jesus
The passion and death of Jesus is told to us from the lectionary reading of the gospel of John. In first century, early Christians told stories about Jesus orally. The Apostles and other disciples told what they saw and heard either by their own selves or by other witnesses. Then when the gospels were written […]
Holy Week and Easter During Quarantine
We remain faithful and hopeful to the One in whom we live, breath and move. We continue to cast our fears, concerns and grief to the One who passed thru suffering and death. The passion story of Jesus tell us that God knows our pain because God through Christ experienced rejection, torture and death; the […]
Life and Death Transformed on the Cross
By Pastor Joseph San Jose Jesus, seeing that everything had been completed so that the Scripture record might also be complete, then said, “I’m thirsty.” A jug of sour wine was standing by. Someone put a sponge soaked with the wine on a javelin and lifted it to his mouth. After he took the wine, […]