Rev Leon's Podcast

In many a movie we see when a character gets hurt and they continue to fight. It is not until that scene transitions that they realize that they have been bruised or wounded. Today, this nation is bruised, wounded, and trembling. It isn’t clear if we know that we have been bruised or wounded. We need a moment to face the truth with courage, compassion, and clarity.
God bless,
Rev Leon

Isaiah 9

There are seasons when the world feels unsteady beneath our feet. Seasons when the protections we assumed were secure felt uncertain. Seasons when the systems we trusted to shield us seem fragile, inconsistent, or even indifferent. And in those moments, fear can creep in. Anxiety can rise. Hope can feel thin.

Psalm 40 speaks directly into that kind of moment. It begins with a confession that is both honest and courageous: “I waited patiently for the Lord.”

God bless,
Rev Leon

Psalm 40:1-11

Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.” — Isaiah 5:20

We are carrying the weight of sorrow, confusion, and moral disorientation. The death of Renee Nicole Good has shaken many of us to our core. The images and accounts surrounding her last moments are painful to witness. They stir something deep within us, not political reaction, but human compassion. Something within us whispers that this is not how we should live this life

Let us hold this precious life in prayer.
God bless,
Rev Leon

Happy New Year.

Wisdom is referred to as “She.” She is a sacred feminine presence. One of the striking features of The Wisdom of Solomon is the way it speaks of Wisdom, not as an idea, not as a principle, not as a distant abstraction, but as a living presence, and notably, as “she.”

“She” guided the righteous. “She” delivered God’s people from oppression. “She” empowered them to sing a new song of praise.

In this message, we will open this gift to our minds and spirits to be fully used in this new year.

God bless,
Rev Leon

Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21 

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In Him was life, and that life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

The light within empowers each of us to shine in the world and in turn, transform the world for the better. This is our collective calling.
God bless,
Rev Leon

John 1:1-14

Joseph was a righteous man. He was faithful to the law, committed to doing what was right. When he discovered Mary was with child, the law gave him options, and none of them were easy. His heart must have been torn. He loved her, yet he believed he had been betrayed. And so he resolved to “divorce her quietly,” not out of anger, but out of compassion. He sought the most merciful path he could see. But here’s the other perspective: even the most righteous among us can only see as far as our human perception allows.

Joseph saw a problem. God saw a promise. Joseph saw a scandal. God saw salvation. Joseph saw a reason to step away. God saw a reason to step in.

We too can see what God sees and has in store when we experience a shift in consciousness.

God bless,
Rev Leon

Matthew 1:18-25

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once declared: “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”

These words pierce through the illusion that racism is ever neutral. He reminds us that prejudice is not simply a matter of misunderstanding; it is ignorance that refuses to learn, or willful stupidity that refuses to change. Both are dangerous because both perpetuate injustice. If the truth be told, these conditions are present today in troubling measure.

We must be awake to justice, and awake to truth. That is what is required to take us to a better place.

God bless,
Rev Leon

Galatians 3:28
John 7:24

We live in a time when leadership is often questioned. Leaders invoke the name of the Lord, but is that invocation aligned with God’s will? Many people may say that it is merely a cloak for human ambition?

The book of Psalms is noted to contain poems and songs. Psalm 72 offers us a prayer, a vision of what leadership infused with God’s heart truly looks like. In short, this prayer examines the true measure of leadership, and that is God’s justice.
God bless,
Rev Leon
Psalm 72:1-7, 18-19

Psalm 122 begins with joy: “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.” This is not merely an invitation into a building; it is an invitation into fellowship. It is citing the gladness of belonging, of being welcomed into a space where we are sustained by one another. And it ends with a pledge: “I will seek your prosperity.” That is the heartbeat of the community. The pledge is to sustain the well-being of others. Not because they are like us, but because without them, we are incomplete.

God bless,
Rev Leon

Psalm 122

Colossians 1:11–20 is a hymn of praise to the excellence of Jesus Christ. Paul describes Christ as the image of the invisible God, the one in whom all things hold together, the head of the church, and the reconciler of all creation.

But here is a question to consider. If Christ is the Son of God, and we are children of God, what does that mean for us? How do we reconcile this passage with our own identities?

God bless,
Rev Leon