Category Archives: Ministry

My friend, Kim Hyung-Gi**

In the narrow alley of Manggmi‑dong, where evening settled softly upon old books, a quiet voice refused to disappear. Long before I met him— long before June in Daegu brought his presence close enough to change the temperature of my … Continue reading

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“True Music”

— With a Heart Longing for Peace I stand upon the shore. The sea roars. The wind moves. The moon waits. The sun gives. All of them draw one another through the quiet conversation of the universe. Far beneath, the … Continue reading

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Vincent, in the Bright Ache of God

(for the 136th year of his passing) My wife and I came with open hearts to your humble grave in Auvers— a simple stone, ivy climbing like a soft benediction, silence holding your name as gently as a wound. We … Continue reading

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True Love at the Brick Wall

(For Bishop Kenneth L. Carder) A daughter openeda cedar box, and liftedher father’s wordsinto the light. Pages remembered.Hope remembered.The Spiritstill remembered. The old sermonrang again: “Leave the shallow places.Walk into the deeper truth.” For Godis always found among the forgotten,among … Continue reading

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“The God Who Stretches Out His Hand”

Last Sunday, pastor delivered his message on God’s stretching out His hands over us. The Church is celebrating her birth-year on Deuteronomy 8:2, “Remember these forty years—the grace, the glory, and the guidance of God.” Remember these forty years. Not … Continue reading

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“Can You Sing of Hope?”

– A Faith Epic Woven from the Story of Bishop Yong-Jae Jun Can you sing of hope? Not when fields shimmer with harvest, nor when every table is filled, but when winter strips the earth bare, when dust rises like … Continue reading

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Dandelion

Today I complete my seventy-seventh year upon this generous earth, and I receive the day as one receives morning light— without deserving it, yet full of gratitude. Yet while I rejoiced, another birthday was unfolding beyond my sight. Somewhere near … Continue reading

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Dandelion

Today,I completed my seventy-seventh yearupon this generous earth. How quietlyjoy entered the house. Before I awoke,my wife had already arrangeda birthday cardwritten with the handwritingthat has accompanied my life for decades,beside rosesshe gathered from our own backyard. The table became … Continue reading

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“남산에 올라”

나는 드디어 서울 남산에 올랐다. 처음이다. 평생을 그리워했다. 남산은 그렇게 새롭도록 나를 맞고 있었다. 수억년을 기다리면서. 이성계가 도읍을 한성으로 옮기며 나라의 중심이 되였다. 참으로 아름답다. 아무리 높은 현대식 고층 건물도 병풍처럼 둘러싼 고즈녁한 산들 품에 묻혀 있다. 마치도 소란스런 대 … Continue reading

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Fresh Waters, My Home Church

– For Changchun Methodist Church, 120 Years A clear streamruns through the world, not with noise,not with power, but with the patienceof waterfinding every thirsty root. On a Sunday morning,the prophet speaks again: “These waters flow toward the east…and wherever … Continue reading

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