Samuel Son, Author at The Presbyterian Outlook

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Lament after murder of 8 people, 6 Asian American women

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries..

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I am a racist

I am a racist. I serve as a manager of diversity and reconciliation for the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and I am a..

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The joke about the Kingdom of Heaven

“If God would stop telling jokes, I might act serious.” – Tukaram (Muslim poet) “My Lord told me a joke And seeing..

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The truth of poetry

Nancy Miller Gomez worked first in news broadcasting and then for a reality show, both purporting to be truth-telling genres. But the..

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Enough

After hearing Jezebel expound on her state policy of murdering protesters of her injustices, Elijah sat down under a solitary broom tree and..

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Meet many strangers

Books are like friends — both have an inordinate influence in your life. I have two middle schoolers and I know the..

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The time machine of music

The Pandora app turns your car into a time machine. The app lets you create your own radio station. You don’t..

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A letter in response to John MacArthur’s statement against social justice

To my brother John MacArthur, You recently wrote a post warning the selling out of the gospel for social justice fad. Like..

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Stories along the river: Meeting God in conversation at General Assembly

Every morning at the 223rd General Assembly in St. Louis last week, I jogged to the silvery arch perched on the banks..

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Commissioners, BE the church

TWO YEARS AGO, I had the privilege to serve as a commissioner for the 222nd General Assembly. Though feeling inadequate to make..

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The kiss

Listen to the author read his poem. So Judas came straight to Jesus. “Greetings, Rabbi!” he exclaimed and gave him the kiss...

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“Black Panther” and the church’s origin story

Guest commentary by Samuel Son The film “Black Panther” opened to record-breaking presales, new-iPhone-release lengthed queues and packed theaters thick with an..

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Hope, the noun

Hope as a verb is anemic, a flimsy little cobweb. “I hope it doesn’t rain today,” we say. Hope-as-a-verb doesn’t even have..

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Practicing reformation

It’s almost October 31. And this year, Reformation Day is taking the spotlight from Halloween as it is the 500th anniversary of..

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Hearing the Bible

“Reading in silence is the source of half the misconceptions that have caused the public to distrust poetry.” — Basil Bunting What..

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With and without disabilities: A new understanding of worship

On July 30, Susan McSwain brought her friends from Reality Ministries to lead us in worship. Reality Ministries is a community of..

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Faith and healing

My grandfather beat my grandmother every time she went to church. Because every time she went, she tithed and my grandfather..

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Home, belonging and Big Tent

Eric Barreto, an associate professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary, started his Bible study on “differences and diversity in the..

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Psalm 77 (a spoken word translation/rendition)

Listen to the author read his poem. To the DJ Jeduthun. A lyricism by Asaph on In Times of Calamity, I Cry to God I SCREAM to God, SHOUT into God’s ears! God hears me! Or Is God too ancient to hear? Is God in need of a hearing aid? I’m in a shit spray and I’m desperate for some divine clarity. All night I pray, count breath, meditate, to deal with this oppressive stress but my soul finds no rest. Nothing’s working. I read Bible verses on God’s

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Samuel Son

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