Parkview Presbyterian Church

A post-cultural future? We just wrapped up a series of sermons on “being” and “doing.”  They dealt with the reality that in the Church we are often so busy doing things, that we forget what we are all… Read More

How to be the Church in the second century Dear friends, Happy New Year! In the Acts of the Apostles we see and hear the new disciples of Jesus Christ come to terms with the job of becoming… Read More

Changing society, changing guidelines Dear friends, In the last two coach’s corners we talked about service.  Two months ago we focused how the process of aging, from the very young to the very old, changes the priorities of… Read More

The year of living gratefully, There is a movie about the intrigue of South East Asian politics in 1965 called the “Year of Living Dangerously.”  In that country that certainly was a good description of what was going… Read More

Changing needs, changing ministry Dear friends, Times are a changing.  That is even truer now than when Bob Dylan uttered those words in such a memorable way.  As the Church it is quite a challenge to interpret the… Read More

Diaspora Dear friends, On the eve of a month full of Hawaiian Sundays, it is right to remind ourselves of our theme. We live only a few minutes drive or a fifteen minute bike ride from the California… Read More

Coach’s Corner American Paradox Dear friends, I just returned from a study leave which turned out to be an odd combination of studying and a trip across the continent we live on. It seems appropriate to return just as… Read More