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The Eastertide Joy Challenge
This is the Eastertide Joy Challenge we are issuing at Grace Vancouver Church this season, as we continue to travel through our sermon series in the book of Daniel. Consider taking the challenge with...
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Close of Eastertide, "Friday Notes" Sunday Worship
Hi GV Family,I hope this week has been one of expectant joy for you- it certainly has been for me as I was able to take up my part in Grace Van’s Eastertide Joy Challenge a little over a week ago by...
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Liturgy of the Ordinary and Purposelessness
I'm currently working through this book Liturgy of the Ordinary written by Tish Warren. I find it to be simple, accessible, thoughtful and very helpful to get us to think about God's work in the...
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That You Might Become a Good Man
". . . for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord." -Acts 11:24Just yesterday on Father's Day, I received one of the most meaningful...
View ArticleA Christian's Role in a Politically Polarized Time
"What is a Christian's role in this politically polarized time?" I thought this short clip by Dr. Scott Redd of Reformed Theological Seminary was helpful. Redd speaks of public repentance when someone...
View ArticleSuperBowl Bound!!!
I thought this was a great occasion to come out of blogging hibernation. I was not a churched kid, but I did spend many Sunday mornings through my childhood at Arrowhead stadium, rooting on my hapless...
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Reflections on the Table, Part 1 (written Apr. 29)
Here is a series of posts I wrote for our church family beginning in late April. I thought I would post them here.Dear Grace Vancouver Family,At the centre of any home with any sense of health, joy,...
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Reflections on the Table, Part 2 (written May 6)
Dear Grace Vancouver Family,At the centre of any home with any sense of health, joy, togetherness, belonging and family... is a Table. Last week I shared a reflection from Dietrich Bonhoeffer from his...
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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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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 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...
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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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 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...
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 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 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...
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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...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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...
View ArticleChange 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...
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