Change of Blogging Platform
Hi Everyone,The Eudaimonia Blog has been switched over to WordPress at https://mikehsu.blog If you have "followed" my blog here at this site, please switch over to the new site as you will not be...
View ArticleCorrection to Previous Post, 4.5% of Professing Christians in Metro Vancouver
I wanted to make a correction to the statistics on my previous post. My friend Pastor Ted Ng clarified a small misunderstanding I had in the statistics. 33% of people in metro Vancouver, population 2.6...
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1.5% of Professing Christians in Metro Vancouver
So it was the fourth Sunday of Eastertide, but also my first Sunday of sabbatical. Last night I had it all mapped out, in the morning I would go to one of the "larger" churches in Vancouver and in the...
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On Sabbatical, Re-Awakening Mike's Blog
It's been over two years since I last posted on this blog. After my father passed away in June 2021, these last couple of years have represented for me a time of grieving the loss of two parents who...
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Holy Week, Ordered Affections and March Madness
One of the remarkable blessings of moving to Vancouver almost five years ago, has been that my friend and mentor Steven Garber recently took a post to lead the marketplace theology department at Regent...
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Tears, Eastertide and the Hope of a New Creation
Dear Grace Van Family,I wanted to pass on an Eastertide reflection. On Monday I came down to Seattle to see my dad for the first time in over two months. Dad has been stable, but also on hospice care...
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Happy 50th Tanya!
When I think of my wife of over twenty-five years, this phrase comes to mind, Tanya is someone who is “full of life and love.” I still remember when we had made a decision to continue to see one...
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The Significance of January 6th
"And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is...
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Grateful for Mom. Aug. 17th, 1943 - Sept. 7th, 2020
Yao Lin Hsu ObituaryMemorial service is tomorrow Thursday at 2:30p PST. I will be conducting the service and it will be available via lifestream here. Event ID: SunsethillsPassword ID: SZOSRUAlso, here...
View ArticleStu Kerns Honouring J.I. Packer
Pastor Stu Kerns was my pastoral mentor in Nebraska where our three kids were born and where Tanya and I lived for fifteen remarkable years. This is a great tribute because Stu also gives some quick...
View ArticleNT Wright on Coronavirus, Suffering & Early Church
I found this reflection by NT Wright to be so helpful regarding the role of lament and letting ourselves be filled with the joy of the Lord during these most difficult times. Wright also reflects on...
View ArticleHope for US Evangelicals Still?
This is one of the best interviews of a Christian I've heard on mainstream media (maybe the best one), since Trump was voted into office nearly four years ago. Rev. Rob Schenck speaks with clarity...
View ArticleSOP for Gathering Again
Dear GV Family,Here are the "Standard Operating Procedures" that we will abide by for those who choose to return to public worship at 7th and Pine. Please read over very closely. As mentioned in our...
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BLM. I Am A Man.
Dear GV Family,In March of 1879 Chief Standing Bear of the Ponca tribe moved a band of his followers from Oklahoma back to Nebraska. The Poncas originally were forcibly removed from their homeland...
View ArticleThe Grieving of God
“Those who wish to see Him must see Him in the poor, the hungry, and hurt, the wordless creatures, the groaning and travailing beautiful world.... We are too tightly tangled together to be able to...
View ArticleSystemic Racism
I found this video to be helpful and straight-forward giving insights into systemic racism.
View ArticleA Hopeful Vision in this Time
Dear Grace Van Family,As protests erupt all around us revealing systemic issues of institutionalized racism that have plagued us as a race of people for generations, I wanted to pass on this video that...
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Reflections on the Table, Part 5 (Finale May 30)
When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him (Jesus), "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!" But he (Jesus) said to him, "A man...
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Reflections on the Table, Part 4 (written today!)
"Today is Ascension Day, and that means that it is a day of great joy for all who can believe that Christ rules the world and our lives."-Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison"And he led...
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Reflections on the Table, Part 3 (written May 13)
Dear Grace Vancouver Family,At the centre of any home with any sense of health, joy, togetherness, belonging and family... is a Table. Well, here we are in week 3, part 3, already with this series of...
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