“Difference between condemning and pointing out fault” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Jesus said to his disciples, “Do not judge, or you too will be judged”. (Matthew 7:1) He did not mean that his disciples should simply be silent with regards to all wrongs, or to refrain from judging what is right or wrong. Jesus intended to say that we should not judge or condemn. It is […]
“We must follow the church” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
There are many ways one can get to Scotland from London – car, train, airplane, etc. Though the destination may be the same, if we go via different methods, we are all separated. Similarly, the reason why we find it difficult to become one as a church is typically because of the different journeys we […]
“My spiritual home” – Hyeri Yook (H.Go cell)
From a young age, a question that I was most frequently asked was “where are you from”, “what would you consider your nationality?”. After I was born, I spent my early years growing up in Germany. after which my parents went to Calcutta in India as missionaries, I went to study in Wales by myself. […]
“Thinking of the flesh, thinking of the spirit” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Romans 8:5-6: Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. […]
“Discovering His love amidst pain” – Dasom Kim
I’ve always wanted to come to the UK, while I don’t exactly remember when from. Faced with continued rejections of my working holiday visa application and other personal circumstances, I did wonder whether this desire of mine was against God’s will, but it was hard to get my mind off it. ‘If it’s not what […]
“Valuable Lessons learned from the Pandemic” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
There are so many things I learned in the past pandemic situation. Although a church size decreased as most of international students returned to Korea and as not many new students came to the UK, the size of adult/married ministry increased, and its solidarity strengthened. It also served as a good opportunity for people to […]
“A New Version of Missons” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Every Friday morning at 7 AM I meet with two missionaries to discuss a chapter of a book about diaspora missions that we are reading. This past week I was thankful to be introduced to new data and a new movement and to read about a new direction for current missions. This is because the […]
On a flight to Seoul – Hyungbae (Joseph) Park (S.G Kim cell)
I’m writing this message on my flight to Seoul. I first came to God’s Vision Church in Sept 2016, after 2 years of living in Berlin. At the time, I was going through a wilderness experience in my life. I came back from Berlin, having experienced failure(?) in my love life. Moreover, after a week […]
“God’s Vision Church – a church people devote to build together” – Rev. Young Joo Lee
Since March last year, after all meetings were brought online, we have been actively responding to this pandemic situation thinking it would continue for the next five years. Many young people returned to Korea, but since it is difficult to gather in Korea as well, they participated in our worship and cell meetings. Leaders’ meetings […]
Becoming a part-time worker, not an owner – Rev. Young Joo Lee
I have started to meditate over the book of Ecclesiastes. The first paragraph is chapter 1, verses 1 to 11, which says that all things in this world are meaningless, meaningless and that there is nothing new under the sun. My eyes first stopped at the word “new”. Indeed, there is nothing new in this […]