Pastor's Blog
"When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful."
Malala Yousafzai
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My “why” for writing a blog is initially because I pastor a congregation…but that is only part of who I am, so I write as a tool for connection. I am the first to say that grabbing a cuppa and sitting down together is my preferred method, but in our scrolling culture a blog helps us to know a bit along the way. I blog from life experience, that is generally church or lived theology…but also the very ordinary in daily life. My wondering thoughts could be sparked by a poem, justice for all, or a bird feather that catches my eye in the parking lot.
The latest from our Pastor
September 16, 2026
This week I will attend the 54th Walnut Valley Festival. I still clearly remember my mom and her best friend loading up our car with their kids, complete with picnic/sack lunches and we drove from Wichita to the festival for the day. I remember I brought my best friend along for the fun too, a couple of…
Read More September 9, 2026
I officiated a wedding this last weekend. In many ceremonies we have the familiar “I do.” It is universally accepted. Yet, I find it interesting that we say, “I do” when the reality is “we do.” A person enters this covenant partnership as an individual and exits as a couple. It is the movement from…
Read More August 26, 2026
In this month’s Sojourners magazine, writer, public theologian; Damon Garcia- gives us another perspective on the theology of “gifts”: “I no longer believe God gives us individual gifts of specific skills that we’re supposed to discover and use. Now I believe God gives all of us one big gift that we all share together. And that…
Read More August 12, 2026
Last Saturday was our Kansas Regional assembly held in Salina. Five of us from PVCC attended- not that it’s a competition, but it is uncommon to have such representation (especially considering we are currently a small church). It is always refreshing to meet up with old friends and meet new folks. There were…
Read More August 5, 2026
I love our after worship conversations, most weeks we have them; and the past few have been focused on conversations from the book Holy Disruption. This past Sunday was no exception and very engaging. We spent some time talking/wrestling with hope and the meaning of hope- and how we feel about it. One of the…
Read More July 8, 2026
The following is a few parts taken from my sermon Sunday. We are reading together the book HOLY DISRUPTION by Amy Butler and Dawn Darwin Weaks. The text sets the stage from Chapters 1 and 2. We had several folks on vacation and we also were not able to be online or record (I hope…
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