Author Archives: Richard Guzman
At the Japanese Summer Festival
On July 27, 2024, a group of 30 attended the Japanese Summer Festival at the Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL. This outing was sponsored by the Antiracism Taskforce of the Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) of the United Methodist Church, … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity & Multiculturalism, Social Change
Tagged 2024 Japanese Summer Festival, Anderson Japanese Gardens, Anti-Asian prejudice, Emptiness and MA, Frank Lloyd Wright, Hoichi Kurisu, Japanese Internment Camps, NIC Antiracism Taskforce, Northern Illinois Conference (NIC) Presents Series, United Methodist Church (UMC)
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Let’s Pretend
Below is a Video of a sermon whose title, “Let’s Pretend,” is taken from one of the chapters of C.S. Lewis’ book Mere Christianity. The book is a compilation of radio shows Lewis did during World War II. Some of … Continue reading
Juneteenth 2024: Growing Pains
The video below shows a short presentation I was asked to give at my church on June 16th ahead of the Juneteenth celebrations of 2024. I started with a story of the first time I heard the term Juneteenth, about … Continue reading