Last Sunday, in my Earth Day sermon, I mentioned the name of James Lovelock , a co-founder of Gaia Theory. This theory is changing the way we think about our planet. The basic premise seems simple enough: the earth is a living system. Gaia Theory teaches that our planet is a self-regulating, life-creating, life-sustaining, network… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ GAIA THEORY
April 28, 2013 I Kings 10: 17-23 Pine Valley Christian Church Rev. David Hansen Ivory, Apes and Peacocks We have all heard about the wisdom of Solomon. At the beginning of his reign God appeared to Solomon in a dream and God said, “Ask what I shall give you?” (I Kings 3:5). It was an… Read more Ivory, Apes and Peacocks
We will celebrate Earth Sunday next Sunday, April 28th. As you prepare for this celebration and for the coming of spring, let me share with you a few thoughts on things we can each do to respect and protect the integrity of God’s creation: 1. Make a commitment to reduce your carbon footprint. Drive less… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR ~ EARTH DAY THOUGHTS
In times of stress and distress we turn to prayer for comfort, hope and healing. Prayer is a way to identify with and participate in the life of God through the Spirit and to bring healing to the pathologies that are in and around us. The reality principle of prayer is the recognition that all… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR: PRAYERS
April 14, 2013 Luke 4: 14-22 Pine Valley Christian Church Rev. David Hansen I have never preached a sermon or given a meditation on abortion before. This is a first for me and perhaps also for you. I decided to do this today for a number of reasons. The South Wind Women’s Center, which offers… Read more A Meditation on Abortion
Spring training is over and the new baseball season is underway. The Kansas City Royals are off to a great start and stand at the top of their division. Meanwhile, my Milwaukee Brewers are at the bottom of the heap in their division. As a child growing up in Wisconsin I went to see the… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR: THOUGHTS ON BASEBALL SEASON
Go Shockers! Call it March Madness, Awesome April or what you will, we are all Shocker fans now! Saturday night is Shocker night in Wichita. I am proud to say that my daughter is a WSU graduate. We are all sharing Shocker pride! Shocker fever sent me on a word search for the spiritual meaning… Read more FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
Risen Christ, help me to faithfully travel along my road in the vast expanse of humanity. Above all, help me recognize you in the faces of others so that I may know more fully the way and the truth and the life revealed in your love. Amen.
In my Palm Sunday sermon, posted on the PVCC website thanks to Julie Lane, I offer two interpretations of Good Friday and Easter. One interpretation comes from the twelfth century. Anselm, the second Archbishop of Canterbury, created a theory of “at-one-ment” or atonement. Accordingly, sin created a separation between God and humanity. God’s sense of… Read more A MEDIATION FOR EASTER PEOPLE . . . FROM OUR INTERIM PASTOR
Palm Sunday March 24, 2013 Pine Valley Christian Church Rev. David Hansen Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem as a bearer of God’s grace and an ambassador of God’s love. He knew that he was living on the outer edge of risk and possibility. But he was willing to go there for the sake of… Read more Bringing Faith Into the Light*