Season of Pentecost “Giving thanks today for the compassionate people; the lovers, helpers, givers, and healers, who see more than just themselves, who move through the world with open hands and not closed fists. Thank you. Keep going. It matters.” – John Pavlovitz From the PVCC newsletter archives, this week in 1977: Josh Wilson, our… Read more Moderator’s Corner 11/13/2022
Season of Pentecost “A vote is a kind of prayer about the kind of world you want to live in.” – Rev. Raphael Warnock By the time you get this edition of the Communicator, the election will be over. Let’s pray for peaceful acceptance of whatever the result is. From the PVCC newsletter archives, this week in… Read more Moderator’s Corner 11/6/2022
10-30-2022 Season of Pentecost “A vote is a kind of prayer about the kind of world you want to live in.” – Rev. Raphael Warnock The election will be over soon. Let’s pray for peaceful acceptance of whatever the results are. From the PVCC newsletter archives, this week in 1977: …A new era begins for the 35… Read more Moderator’s Corner
Habakkuk 1, 2 A Prophet, a Rock, and a Car This is the second of my two-part series on the prophet Habakkuk. We learned last time that he lived in a time of grave danger. The Babylonians would soon descend upon Jerusalem and utterly destroy the city. In the face of this threatening violence, Habakkuk… Read more Worship Reflection, Sunday, November 6, 2022
Habakkuk: A Prophet for Our Time Part I The book of Habakkuk is short. Just three little chapters, that’s all. It has no big words. Not hard to read in that sense, but there is so much here that I have to break this sermon into at least two parts. This week and next week… Read more Worship Reflection, Sunday, October 30
“You will lose someone you can’t live without, and your heart will be badly broken, and the bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of your beloved. But this is also the good news. They live forever in your broken heart that doesn’t seal back up. And you come through. It’s… Read more Moderator’s Corner, 10-30-2022
Season of Pentecost “Ours is not a God of self-improvement plans and 10 steps. Ours is a God of death and resurrection, and that God can take anything and bring it to life.” – Rachel Held Evans From the PVCC newsletter archives, this week in 1976: Mission Council voted unanimously and enthusiastically to support a… Read more Moderator’s Corner 10-23-2022
Luke 18:9-14 A Revolution of the Heart In Luke’s gospel Jesus and the Pharisees bump heads at every turn. The Pharisees are the foil, the gang that can’t shoot straight. They never seem to be able to do anything right. If there is an opportunity to take the wrong side of the fight, you can… Read more Worship Reflection, Sunday, October 23, 2022
Luke 18:1-8 What is Justice The reading for this morning is usually called “The Parable of the Unjust Judge.” Commonly, it is interpreted as a parable about prayer. The widow is an example of the need for persistent prayer and advocacy. I confess that this title has always seemed to me to border on blaming… Read more Worship Reflection Sunday, October 16, 2022
Season of Pentecost “In the cold wind, if you can lean against others, none of you will blow away. You keep each other from falling or help each other get back up. Someone holds out a hand, or even scared old you may hold out a hand and a person in need reaches for it… Read more Moderator’s Corner 10-16-2022