Charing's play ground of theology

  Date: November 17, 2024 Occasion: Transgender Day of Remembrance with Candlelight Service Location: United Church of Hyde Park Scripture: Daniel 12:1-3 Sermon title: Those Shall Wake “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart     be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.” Amen.   “Daniel was called Belteshazzar” (Dan 1:7) by the palace master, as well as Daniel’s three other Jewish friends. Although Daniel and his friends were captured by the Babylonian King, they insisted not to comply with the eating regulations they were asked to follow. Daniel started to interpret King’s dreams because God has given Daniel vision and wisdom during the diaspora. Daniel’s three friends did not comply with the mandatory worshipping code – to worship the Golden Image made by the King, they were thrown into the furnace that was heated up seven times more than was customary. But, they survived. The King was shocked to know that they we...

Date: November 12, 2023 Occasion: Transgender Day of Remembrance and candle lighting service at United Church of Hyde Park Sermon title: “Be with the Lord forever” Scriptures: Amos 5:18-24, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18   0. Prayer Would you join me in the prayer after the candlelight. Our God, Our Divine, Our Creator, bless those who are in our hearts on this day of remembrance, named or unnamed - young and old, of every race, faith, and gender experience whose lives were stolen by violence. We pray in your embrace there is now comfort, there is now love, there is now peace. Bless those who survive, and continue to see a new day rise in the rays of your sun. Bless every beautiful gender of your creation. Bless us in all our different lives and experiences. We know your image is abundant and refuses any limit or constraint that says there is only one right way to be. We know in you, the possibilities are endless and each and every are holy sparks of life. (prayer by Sonny...