Ted Kim

As of yesterday, after the membership voted, I am now officially the Senior Pastor of the Evanston Vineyard. So grateful to @SteveNich10, @williamhanawalt and countless others (too many to name!) for their support. Humbled. @VCCE

Hi all! I have a new song outs it’s called Miracle Service. I hope you like it. song.link/fpqt8jncjj9jx

@HeartOTXHeartMD So glad to see you in your new digs! Wishing you the best! Even better that you can watch people pay handsome sums to suffer. Everyone who watched this year’s Masters knows there is mostly death and rarely resurrection on a golf course. McIlroy died at least 3x that day.

I always tell people that I don’t like golf because it’s not relaxing nor fun for me. With that said, from the vantage point of our new house, I’m constantly amused watching grown men throw clubs …and SuziQ and I have shared endless belly laughs hearing “Doh’s!” & cussing of adults “having fun” on the course!🤣⛳️🏌️‍♀️

Wow. Thank you, @PaulAnleitner!

Eberflus is my favorite bad coach - they need to extend him for 2 years he’s so entertaining.

Nice to know that it’s not just succession pastors who feel unmanned by the moment.

Ramblers are back to save the Fall.

Witnessed the "Invitation to Jesus" in person last night led by several players from the @OhioStateFB team. Over 60 students stood to profess Christ & follow in baptism!! Had the joy of passing out hundreds of Bibles to those who desired to read who Jesus really is!! Let's go!!

Dear #Interns of 2024- Welcome to the noblest of professions. You are one of us now. It’s great pressure and stress- the world we’re responsible for in the healing arts. It’s simultaneously a great honor. My advice? 1. Listen closely to our patients. Hear them- they’ll tell you what you need to know. 2. Ask for help. NEVER worry alone. 3. Above all, remember your “why” for choosing this difficult route- it is worth it no matter the cynicism that you may find yourself surrounded by in the years ahead. All of your attendings vividly remember our first day, too. #MedTwitter

“The times are evil, the times are troublesome, that’s what people say …. We ourselves are the times. Whatever we are like, that’s what the times are like.” —Augustine, sermon on prayer.

I’m watching the @nba because of @theantedwards_.

A family I have been praying for daily is coming to church tomorrow. I’ve been praying for them for many months. Don’t give up inviting! Evangelism is not an instantaneous encounter… it’s the witness of a life witnessing to another life. That takes time!

I just got off the phone with a journalism student from @NorthwesternU, asking me about climate change and environmental care as an evangelical. Toward the end, she asked me about the term “evangelical” - I said in the end this is what I’m about:

Every person in my house is puking. Except me. Annaliese started puking Saturday (she’s since stopped). Brittany, Eliana, Nathanael started puking Sunday. How long do I have?

I love helping to amplify our leaders in @vineyardusa Shout out to @VCCE and the amazing work you’re doing led by my good brother Pastor @_tedkim_ !

How to respond? I don’t have any clue. But oddly enough, I find myself wanting to write poetry. The Hebrews might call it lament. But it doesn’t feel as constrained as that… because there’s some brightness in dad’s health… even if it’s just presence.

I can’t really sort them out, they’re not linear, and most certainly are a jumbled mix of past, present, future. I’m both saddened, but also glad he doesn’t seem unhappy, which is a surprise to me, because he had such a short fuse.

My dad - on the long slide downward toward dementia - I’m struck most by how much his physicality has declined. His skin hangs off his body. He’s remarkably heavy for how diminished he looks.

Alexei Navalny's closing statement in his 2021 trial: “If you want I’ll talk to you about God and salvation. I’ll turn up the volume of heartbreak to the maximum, so to speak. The fact is that I am a Christian,