Archive for October 2022

I have been advised that it would be a good idea to explain the symbol of the wedge blade, on our communion table, in partner with the cross. The wedge blade has been a part of Pine Valley worship since Connie and I joined in the early 70’s. It has been the symbol for the…

Luke 12:13-21 The Gift of Wisdom Marcus Borg wrote in, Reading the Bible Again for the First Time: “Controversy about the Bible is the single most divisive issue among Christians in North America today” (Reading the Bible Again for the First Time, HarperSanFrancisco, 2001). That statement is more true today than it was when he wrote…

“But around God’s table, and around God’s people, you don’t have to pretend or overcompensate. You can just be. And in just being, you can, in the fierce and loving eyes of God, be known, be whole, and maybe even find a little rest. Because keeping it all going is just exhausting.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber *…

“You can either practice being right or practice being kind.” – Anne Lamott * * * * * * Sedgwick County‘s COVID-19 positivity rate is high enough that we recommend masks during worship. By this time in the pandemic, everyone has made decisions about available vaccines, their own health risks and the safety of those…

“There is no religious left and religious right. There is only a moral center. The scripture is very clear about where you have to be, to be in the moral center – you have to be on the side of the poor, the working, the sick, the immigrant.” – Rev. Dr. William Barber * *…