Tag Archives: All Saints’ Day

October 28, 2025 · 7:40 pm

So Jung, you are remembered

Before her death in January of this year, my friend the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim, who served the PC(USA) as the associate for theology in the Office of Theology and Worship, said to me in very low moment, “No one will remember me.”

I told her she was wrong.

On Sunday, St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, where my son Eric serves as transitional pastor, will include So Jung among the saints they name. I am grateful.

If your congregation is naming saints, I am sure you have many individuals to remember. I give thanks for each one of them.

And if you are so inclined, please include the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim and help demonstrate that we do remember her.

For the Rev. Dr. So Jung Kim and all the saints – thanks be to God!

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November 1, 2021 · 10:47 pm

1 November 2021

Stretching. Walking. Gym in the Apartment. NK Body Philosophy.
Abraham, Martin, and John – Harry Belafonte
Malcom’s Theme – Terence Blanchard
The Long View (A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg) – Patrice Michaels & Kuang-Hao Huang
Victor Jara – Arlo Guthrie
Old Glad – Jack Gladstone
Harriet Tubman – Holly Near
Sitting Bull’s Medicine Song – Kevin Locke
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse – The Thinder Bird Sisters
The Ballad of Sacco & Vanzetti – Joan Baez
Joe Hill – Paul Robeson
Eulogy to Oscar Romero – John-Luc Ponty
Path of the Elders – William Gutierrez
Biko – Peter Gabriel
When the Saints Go Marchin’ In – Hack Bartholomew

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November 2, 2019 · 9:51 am

All Saints’ Day

Bread is broken,
wine is poured,
space transcended,
time torn;
and all in Christ
are one.

On All Saints’ Day – November 1, 1995, I had the privilege to worship at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Cape Town, South Africa. I had talked and preached about All Saints’ Day often. I have deep appreciation for the Communion of Saints. It is an important and profound dimension of my faith. Still, this was the first All Saints’ Day service I ever attended. It included the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper and led me to write these words.

For all the saints, thanks be!

Cape Town, South Africa
2 November 1995

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October 27, 2014 · 12:30 pm

A few Halloween suggestions

The notices have appeared again outside the Shire.

“Trick-or-Treat in Morningside Gardens will take place on October 31. for If you want trick-or-treaters, please come to the office for a sign to put on your door.”

As Halloween nears, here are some dos and don’ts that make sense to me:

Do support Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Don’t wear costumes that demean or exploit other peoples

Do use Fair Trade chocolate such as Divine, Equal Exchange, and others

Don’t wear racist or sexist or tasteless costumes

Do prepare to give thanks for what God has done in the lives of faithful people (living and dead) who have touched your life

What would you add?

See you along the Trail.

 

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November 1, 2012 · 10:08 am

Purple flowers: on 51st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues

Purple flowers ordinarily post on Mondays. But this has been no ordinary week in New York and too many places around the world. As have our brothers and sisters along the coast and in other parts of the United States, including Puerto Rico, as have our sisters and brothers in Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Canada, and Jamaica, we have come through Sandy. Cyclone Nilam has impacted brothers and sisters living on the Indian Ocean. Storms real and storms metaphorical have touched lives around the world.

In all those places, in different ways, storms have battered, bruised, and tested people. There are new saints to remember on this All Saints’ Day. Scars remain and continue to emerge. Tests and challenges continue.

These are no ordinary purple flowers. During yesterday’s long walk, I came across them on 51st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues. They survived the storm.

I post them today
in memory of all killed by Sandy, Nilam, and other storms
in support for all who grieve
in honor of all who have endured
in profound respect for first responders
as a modest sign of hope for those who continue to struggle with the aftermath of the storm
as a prayer that our nation, our people and all the nations and peoples
may ponder the storm and how it calls us to change and
may find the courage to make those changes.

Manhattan, 31 October, 51st Street between 6th and 7th Avenues

See you along the Trail.

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