Buhay Si Kristo! Christ is risen indeed! God is alive in you and
me. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. For Jesus has broken
through a wall in my life is through maturing in faith and
never giving up. First, life and death for me is the package of
our existence. We can't say no to it, but let us see it as a
gift. Every morning, as the sun comes up or behind those clouds.
Each one of us comes from different parts of life. And
Jesus has shown us all the possibilities, including showing
up beyond closed doors with his fearful disciples. As a church
planter in the past years, and still is, Jesus broke through
the wall in my life by meeting and listening to young adults,
collaborators in their community organizing in the Portland and
Vancouver area, and what a church could look like in a
different setting. I have seen Jesus at work beyond the church
walls. I felt Jesus life when we met and prayed in IKEA, airport
meetings, bible studies, in the community room, in the library,
and the texting back of prayers on Facebook, virtual worships,
virtual Sunday school, zones for a social justice, conversation
and education. These are the coexistence of our prayers,
service, witness. It is a different type of gathering with
the intention of deep listening to the souls of the margins and
oppress. Above all, God be praised. And we persevere. Let
us all work as peacemakers in all the ways we can keep rising
and showing up siblings of Christ's and have faith.