Moderator’s Corner

April 17, 2022 Season of Eastertide “It happens to all of us, I concluded that Easter Sunday morning. God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through our violence, our lies, our selfishness, our arrogance, and our addictions. And God keeps loving us…

April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday Season of Lent, Holy Week “This is our God. Not a distant judge nor a sadist, but a God who weeps. A God who suffers, not only for us, but with us. Nowhere is the presence of God amidst suffering more salient than on the cross. Therefore, what can I do…

April 3, 2022 Season of Lent “Yes, HATE is powerful but it never wins. No matter what it says, LOVE will always have the last, loudest word.” – John Pavlovitz * * * * * * * Thanks to WAM and Rev. Kara for a meaningful and fun dedication of our new SE doors. Thanks…

March 27, 2022 Season of Lent “You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” – Anne Lamott * * * * * * * Pine Valley Christian Church in transition. We are making inquiries to establish a 5-person search…

March 20, 2022 Season of Lent “When Jesus again and again says things like the last shall be first, and the first shall be last, and the poor are blessed, and the rich are cursed, and that prostitutes make great dinner guests, it makes me wonder if our need for pure black-and-white categories is not…