Posts by Greg Yarnell

Season of Pentecost  “Sometimes the fact that there is nothing about you that makes you the right person to do something is exactly what God is looking for.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber It was a pleasure welcoming Rev. Charles Claycomb as our visiting pastor this last Sunday. If you were not able to attend our worship…

The 28th Annual Alternative Gift Market will be held Saturday, November 12, from 11:00am – 5:00pm at the Hillside Christian Church (8330 E. Douglas Ave, Wichita). Change how you gift and change the world! PVCC will be participating with “Healthcare is a Human Right” This market is an uplifting alternative to the commercial norm—a different…

For most of us, arrival on the tip of the wedge blade is not life threatening. For some, it is. At my request, our Lisa Tos-Brightup gives us an account of her experience on a Christian Peacemaker Team. She adds that at the time she served, her future spouse Natalie, begged her not to return…

Exodus 3:1-9 “Meeting God” When I first learned about the story of Moses and the burning bush, I thought of Moses as some kind of superhero alone on the mountain top having this strange encounter with God that was unlike anything I would ever know or ever could know. Then I read Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s…

Season of Pentecost  “We’ve lost the plot if we use religion as the place where we escape from difficult realities instead of as the place where those difficult realities are given meaning.” – Nadia Bolz-Weber  Although we’re not explicitly calling this Sunday Fall Festival, it does mark a time when we can all greet each…