February 2012
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Tough Questions
Some thoughts on love and relationships as I reflect and pray for those seeking love and relationships. Aloneness / Just because you are alone doesn’t mean you have to be lonely. There is a season for everything and if you’re single take advantage of this time, embrace it instead of trying to run from it. Question to Ask Yourself / What am I suppose to do in this season while still...
January 2012
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Show Me the Way
“Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.” - Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz
Lunch w Dad.
Today my father visited me with some lunch. We broke bread together and exchanged a few words. Most of the time we ate in silence.
“Sometimes, it’s the boring stuff I remember most.” - Russell from the movie “Up”.
I love the quiet moments with my Father.
December 2011
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Grow Down?
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.” - Matthew 18: 3 Often, when I think about this verse, I am drawn to think about how we are to be child-like in order to better embrace the kingdom of heaven. It’s time, as Lincoln Steffens has said, to “unlearn”. Here are some ways I think we can...
November 2011
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To.
“He has done much “to” us. Death to Resurrection. Sinner to Saint. Hate to Love. Hurt to Healing. Vengeance to Forgiveness.
God to Man. Man to Man. Man to God. Face to face.”
- Bryan H. Kim / A Poem Foo
Radio Show Interviews (Updated)
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I am Near
{Originally Posted / Sept. 9, 2009}
It’s quite amazing, the human intuition, the human instinct.
My daughter, who’s now 2, can recognize my voice from anywhere.
Everyday I pick her up from her daycare. Her daycare has multiple outdoor spaces for play. And sometimes I’ll arrive when she’s outdoors playing with her friends. And as you can imagine, it’s not always so quiet and calm. But even in the...
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The Narrow Gate / Audio File and Reflection
THE NARROW GATE | Part Two (Listen to audio #39) Matthew 7: 13-14 “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.” “Back in 1989, I was living in West London, house-sitting a family member’s lovely little flat...
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Living Things Grow | Year 0-3
We started at our apartment in Fullerton, California. (8 of us gathered around this dream.) Thanksgiving weekend, 2008.
We eventually moved locations to a nearby cafe. The owner was so gracious to us and allowed us to meet there before her shop opened for business. That’s us in worship on a typical Sunday.
Then “Son Ministry” (a mission’s organization) heard about us...
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Message & Method
{Alex, our church Administrator, and me at a pastor’s gathering in Cypress. We actually went to see their amazing General Manager, John Kim of Cottonwood Church, who will be our featured guest speaker at March 2012 department leaders’ powwow.}
I believe in a good message. But I also believe in good methods (org behavior & practices).
The message of the church is important but...
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WatchA little chat with Hanna and Dsuh about their new Express. This will be Ekko’s 4th and final Express for this year. It’s been an amazing year of Express for us…
The 4th Express will be featured at Ekko’s Anniversary party on November 27th, Sunday night. See you there.
{this interview was filmed on my iPhone, just saying.}
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Christus Victor
Poem | War
“I entered a war I did not seek. I entered a war I cannot win. I entered and found the enemy to be me. I entered a war and now I see that peace will only be had in my defeat. May Christ be victorious in Me.” - Bryan H. Kim | October 31st, 2011
At the End of Every Service You’ll Hear Us End with a Benediction that goes,“May Christ be Victorious in Your...
October 2011
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"New Scripts" | Latest Sermon Resources
Ekko’s latest sermon, “Don’t Judge but Judge II”, is on the bottom of the Player below. And at the bottom of this post is the “trailer” I wish we had time for during this sermon today. Hope you get fueled, challenged and inspired for New “Scripts”. God bless you.
Don’t Judge but Judge / Part II Matthew 7: 1-5, 12 1 “Do not judge, or...
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Radio Interviews
(With Recent Shows Now Updated on this Player. Enjoy) I love all forms of communication and art. Lately, I’ve had the privilege of being a guest on the “11th Hour with Sam Han”. This album contains all the interviews I’ve done so far with Sam. We got to record today as well. Look for the new shows this Sunday night. Until then enjoy these, love you guys.
11th Hour...
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Ekko Bands | The 2012 Team
“Loving others is the greatest worship song you’ll ever sing.” - from Ekko’s 1st Worship Conference
(That’s me and Alex cooking up a storm for these starving band members.)
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WatchLet us aim to “see” what He has to “say”. Moments in Ekko’s “Drawing Prayer”. Every time we seek to “hear” from God amazing things happen. Breakthrough, encouragement, confirmation, challenge, and assurance.
I wish I could record all the stories that come out of these sacred moments. (For thoughts that drive our Drawing Prayer exercises)
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“Isn’t it amazing that the omniscient God is so forgetful when it comes to...”
– Bryan Kim / Sup Foo
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It's Time to Party
My father used to say to me, “son, when it’s time to study, study with all your mind. When it’s time to play, play with all your heart.” I aim to take his advice. At Ekko, we like to party. Actually, Jesus liked to party. When he ministered he was focused. He listened well, he preached eloquently, he healed with power, he loved God’s children with all that he...
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Ekko's 1st Worship Conference
In late 2009 Ekko formed its first worship band. Six worshippers wanted to serve God and the tribe via their gifts (music)… we were graduating from Christian CDs, or solo guitar led worship sets to a real band.
(above: Sept. 2009) Since then, the band has gone through much growth both in numbers and in the depth of their love for God and each other. In this way the band seems to mirror the...
September 2011
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WatchEkko’s Discipleship journey is coming up soon (January 2012). Here’s a little vid with Steve’s reflection on this journey. I’m so proud to know this guy. We got lots of adventure ahead of us.
Inhale God, Exhale Love.
Here we go…
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“…reconciliation takes precedence even over worship.”
– N.T. Wright
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Reflections on the Church | Able to Respond to...
To reflect on the Church, one needs to reflect also on an old story. In it we’ll discover the desires of God described in the ancient Hebrew narrative. The church is about God, it’s about God getting what he desired and deserved.
God had initiated a relationship, provided freedom, and sovereignly mentored a people group to desire and love him internally and express it externally, thus...
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Reflections on the Church | Training Ground
If Love is the Head Coach of the Church, than Healing and Training are its Assistant Coaches. In order to execute the plays the Head Coach designs and desires, the Church needs plenty of time with Healing (Transformation) and Training. The church may consist of those claiming salvation which provides them access to relationship with God, it now needs to work out that salvation in “fear and in...
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Reflections on the Church | Love Relating
To understand and reflect properly on the Church, one must engage in reflections about the activity of the God who ordained such an institution. What is his nature, what is he like, and what is he doing?
God likes to be called “Love”.
God is Relating Love. Therefore, the Church exists to relate, both to God and to each other. But not just relate, relate with and through the power...
“Strange as it may sound, genuine repentance seems more difficult than...”
– - Miroslav Volf / “Against the Tide”
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Ekkosystem | 2012 Drafts Explaining
Lately I’ve been writing about what our new “spaces” will look like for the new year. Here are some thoughts concerning the Ekkosystem 2012. Feel free to give some feedback. Hope it all makes sense. Check out Draft I.
The Ekkosystem / The Ekkosystem is a Christ anchored environment and space for deeper relational and transformational participation. Ekkosystem and its 4 Spaces...
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“Envy and Lust are lenses often sharing the same frame.”
– Bryan Kim / Sup Foo