Stop AAPI Hate
This has been a hard week with the murder of Asian women in Atlanta by a white, Southern Baptist man, in a year when anti-Asian violence has exploded around the country. I have struggled with what to say because there…
Lenten Practice #2: Sabbath
In this era of COVID, time has taken on an ambiguous quality where days bleed together as we have lost some of the structures and rituals which usually mark our days more clearly. We can multitask many activities at the…
Pres House Ten – Race Playlist
Pres House Ten Race Playlist At Pres House, engaging in racial justice is a regular part of our life together because following Jesus compels us to recognize the deep roots of systemic racism that pervade the communities we live in.…
Letter from UW-Madison Religious Leaders
Dear Badgers, It has been an extraordinary time of unsettling events in our community, nation, and world. We know that your lives have been upended and many of the things you were looking forward to have been cancelled. For graduating…
Wilderness Lessons for COVID-19
Pastor Erica shared these reflections on Sunday, March 15th, 2020 in an online worship gathering. The last time we gathered in-person seems like a lifetime ago with all the events that have transpired in the past week. We went from…
Hope is Born
TBT to “Hope is Born,” a sermon Pastor Erica gave on January 21st, 2018, which retold the story from the Book of Exodus about a ruthless king who created policies to tear children from their parents and the ordinary women…
“Let Us Walk Together” – A Word of Comfort After the Election From Your Asian American, Female Pastor
Let me share some snapshots of my week. On Election Day, I spent the entire day in the courthouse to support a victim of sexual assault as this person testified against the perpetrator; it was as awful as you imagine…
A Pastoral Letter on Recent Events
Dear Pres House Community, In the past couple of weeks, incidents in Ferguson and Staten Island revealed a long-existing divide in our nation. My purpose in writing to you is not to debate the specifics of those cases, but rather to…
What Romans 16 has to do with Ferguson, MO – Listening to the Voices of the Stranger
This sermon is simply an arrow to the words of others; the narratives which have unfolded from Ferguson are largely divided along racial lines. Now is the time to listen to the voices which are often marginalized and dismissed. A list…