Parkview Presbyterian Church

Ranking church functions, I hear that in New Hampshire this month some voters get to use a new system of selecting candidates.  Instead of picking one, they get to rank the different candidates on the ballot.  It’s an… Read More

  Parkview by the numbers Q and A Dear friends, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate all your generosity over the years. I wanted to give you a few of the latest facts.. Q:… Read More

Aart: We are welcoming Veronica Gould, our new resident this month. Rola, you knew Veronica in seminary. What was your impression of her? Rola: She is a great singer. And thinker. She’s a great theologian. We’ve discussed theology… Read More

The Conditions for Thriving Dear Friends, Kaiser Permanente has used the word “thrive” as a slogan in its advertising for a number of years. When I looked up synonyms for “thrive,” I found the terms “flourish” and “prosper”… Read More

The voices in our lives Dear friends, It is a good to breathe relatively clean air again after 18 days on the island of Hawaii. Carolyn and I enjoyed focusing on completely different things. We kept ourselves busy,… Read More

What we let go of…and what we hold on to Martin Hall, a well known television golf teacher (School of Golf, The Golf Channel), is known for saying: ”If you keep doing what you’re doing you’ll keep on… Read More

Taking measure of Parkview Dear Friends, Over the years in this column I have approached the life of our congregation from a variety of angles: from culture to generations to community outreach to energy or the lack of… Read More