Posts by Greg Yarnell
Moderator’s Corner
January 10, 2022 Not long ago I was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher, with one of America’s most prominent atheists. Wearing my clerical collar, I realized that I stood out among his guests. So I decided to announce to Bill that I, too, am an atheist. He seemed taken aback, so I…
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January 2, 2022 “It gets darker and darker, and then Jesus is born.” That line comes back to me, from out of nowhere, and I decided to practice radical hope, hope in the face of not having a clue. – Anne Lamott I’m your PVCC Moderator for the next two years. This is a new…
Read MoreWorship Reflection Sunday, June 12, 2022
Acts 16:9-10 The Scattered Church Last week was Pentecost Sunday and I shared that I think we are in a Pentecost season for Pine Valley. This was a time when the first Christians were figuring out what it meant to follow in the way of Jesus after Jesus was gone. What kind of community were…
Read MoreWorship Refection Sunday, May 29, 2022
John 14:8-17 Do as I have commanded: love one another This is Pentecost Sunday. The story of Pentecost is told in the book of Acts. There we read that people from many walks of life gathered in one room and it was suddenly filled with a mighty wind and people saw tongues of fire. It’s…
Read MoreWorship Reflection Sunday, April 10, 2022
“Stones Cry Out” Luke 19:28-40 During our pandemic, many of you know my kids stayed home for almost as long as we had the doors closed to our building. Aedan did school online, and we undertook a project for his first-grade class at Earhart – a collection project. Aedan chose rocks and our backyard…
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