Parkview Presbyterian Church

John 13:34, 35; Acts 11: 9, 17, 18 What it boils down to We have all boiled pasta from a package before.  The hard, cream-colored pieces almost seem like plastic.  Only a fool would try to eat it… Read More

Easter;  Luke 24: 5 -12 Who is Mr. Banks? The psychologist James Hillman claims that what the human soul really longs for is “healing fiction.” “Healing fiction“is the title of his book. We don’t like the word “fiction”… Read More

Isaiah 50:7-8; Luke 19 36,37,38 Celebrity status Ben Affleck plays Superman in a new movie pitting Superman against Batman.  He is supposed to be this darker, more realistic character.  It took many years for Affleck to be taken… Read More

Isaiah 43: 18, 19; John 12: 3; Philippians 3: 12-14 What is your reference point? The theologian Peter Marty (Christian Century, March 2, 2016, p. 3) writes: “When the train I was taking into Chicago’s Union Station stooped… Read More

Joshua: 5: 9a, Luke 15: 15 and 2 Corinthians 5: 18- 20 Citizens or ambassadors Sometimes the lectionary readings prescribed for a Sunday are a like piece of rock someone gives you to sculpt and you have to… Read More

Psalm 63: 7,8; Isaiah 55: 6,8,9 Finding God in the city Jesus’ destiny is to find His end in the city, in Jerusalem. Salem, shalom, salam, it is all the same word. It means peace.  Salem is a… Read More

Genesis 15: 5,6, 12; Luke 13: 33 Questionable timing Karl Ove Knausgaard is a Norwegian novelist living in Sweden.  He is a bit of a phenomenon because he is writing in the smallest detail about his rather everyday… Read More