Author Archives: TaeHun Yoon

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About TaeHun Yoon

Retired Pastor of the United Methodist Church

Story of the Old House

Posted on March 24, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

Not long ago, while sitting at the table with my children, we found ourselves laughing as we reminisced about the old parsonage. When our three children were still very young—ten, four, and one—we moved into a parsonage in Queens Village, … Continue reading →

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옛집 이야기

Posted on March 24, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

얼마 전에 아이들과 함께 식탁에 앉아 식사를 하다가 옛 목사관에 대한 이야기를 나누며 즐거운 시간을 잠시 보내게 되었습니다. 저희 아이들 셋이 10살, 4살, 1살로서 한창 어리던 시절에 뉴욕의 퀸즈 빌리지에 있던 200여년이 족히 넘었던 목사관으로 이사를 하게 되었었습니다. 그 목사관은 … Continue reading →

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Waiting

Posted on March 23, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

The rails curve out of sight,and I can’t say where they leador where I stand along them. It seems everything has cometo a kind of waiting. The old quarrels, the hurrythat once carried me forward,have grown still—like a field at … Continue reading →

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베드로의 통곡

Posted on March 23, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

지금은 차라리 아무 말도 하지 않겠습니다 가슴 속에 웅크리고 있는 천 만마디의 언어들 훌훌히 털어 버리고 모두가 ‘나 때문이요’라고 흐느끼겠습니다. 새벽 녁 닭이 울기 전, ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ ‘나는 그를 모르오!’ 계집종의 질타에 당신을 욕하고 저주하며 돌아서다 … Continue reading →

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Peter’s Lament

Posted on March 23, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

Before the rooster crowed at dawn, “I do not know Him!” “I do not know Him!” “I do not know Him!” And when I turned away—cursing and denying You before the servant girl’s accusation— I met Your sorrowful eyes. Lord, … Continue reading →

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Spirit

Posted on March 22, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

Within the ice—clear as judgment,unforgiving as truth—I stand uncovered before You, clothed in garmentsnot woven by my own hands,borrowed gloriesthat fall awayin the light of Your seeing. The tongues I once forgotreturn now as witness—fragments of a lost covenant,echoes of … Continue reading →

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“In Season or Out of Season”

Posted on March 22, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

Last week I had the opportunity to attend the United Methodist Women’s Northeastern Jurisdiction Quadrennial Meeting held in Hartford, Connecticut. Under the theme “Open the Door for Mission,” about 1,500 women representing their local churches gathered to celebrate and report … Continue reading →

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때를 얻든지 못얻든지

Posted on March 22, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

지난 주간에 하드포드(Hartford, Conn)서 열렸던 미연합 감리교 동북부 지역 4년차 여선교 대회에 다녀오게 되었습니다. “선교의 문을 엽시다(Open the Door for Mission)”라는 주제아래, 개체교회를 대표한 1,500여명의 여성들이 여선교회란 조직을 통한 헌금으로 세계곳곳에 선교사를 보내어 선교활동을 한, 그동안의 사역보고와 함께 축하 하는 … Continue reading →

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한 생

Posted on March 21, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

– 1965, 고요 속에 바쳐진 하나의 생. 그 해의 태양 아래,삭막하고 과열된 빛 아래서쫓기다, 허기에 꺾여,쓰러지며 퍼덕이던어떤 몸짓— (기억인가, 반복인가) 오늘로 뛰어들 수 없어발목이 붙잡힌 채,주홍빛 노을 속을 배회한다—끝내 도착하지 못하는 저녁. 퍼덕임, 오직 그것—의미를 갖기 전의 몸짓,이름 붙여지기 전의 … Continue reading →

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One Life

Posted on March 21, 2026 by TaeHun Yoon

1965 — a life offered in stillness. Beneath the sun of that year,under a barren, overheated light,chased, broken by hunger,falling, fluttering—a certain motion— (Was it memory, or repetition?) Unable to leap into today,with ankles held fast,I wander through a vermilion … Continue reading →

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