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Earth Day for People People

Earth Day for People People

April 22, 2016
by Pastor Vicki
Change, Church, Conflict, General Conference, Scripture, Social Justice, Uncategorized, United Methodist

A sermon preached by Pastor Vicki on Creation Sunday at Church of the Village, April 17, 2016.   A couple weeks ago, I was walking…

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Slave Ship Lotus

Slave Ship Lotus

February 19, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Identity, Kids, Parenting, Race, Social Justice, Uncategorized

My husband and I have moved around a lot in recent years, and each move has involved a pretty major purge of possessions. Every time,…

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Strange Customs

Strange Customs

February 7, 2014
by Pastor Vicki
Grief, Identity, Jesus, Kids, Life, Parenting, Race

I preached the following sermon at Yale Divinity School’s Lunar New Year worship service at Marquand Chapel on January 31, 2014. “Gōngxǐ Fācái!” A Mandarin…

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What are you??

What are you??

May 29, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Identity, Race

There is a Youtube video making its way around this month. In it, a white man begins making small talk with an Asian American woman,…

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Native Tongue

Native Tongue

May 15, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Church, LGBT, Life, Scripture, Social Justice

A few years ago, I was privileged to spend an entire summer in my birthplace of Taiwan to study Mandarin Chinese. I thought it would…

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The Biracial Messiah

The Biracial Messiah

May 1, 2013
by Pastor Vicki
Church, Identity, Race, Scripture

When I was a baby, I babbled in tones. Chinese tones. My mom was a white Missouri farm girl who became a Methodist missionary. She…

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