Parkview Presbyterian Church

Malachi : 3: 1-3; Luke :3: 4-6 The Verbs of Advent II In a recent interview on TV (Tavis Smiley, PBS) actor Ted Danson talked  with his interviewer about the horror that is presented on cable news all… Read More

I Samuel 2: 26; Luke 2: 47, 50, 51, 52 Tradition and innovation Today is our New Year’s service and I want to talk about doing things in a new way. I want to talk about innovation.  Yet… Read More

Jeremiah 33: 14-15 and 1 Thessalonians 3: 10-12 The Verbs of Advent I When we look at the Bible, we often see words we are not sure about, that trip us up and make us wonder what the… Read More

2 Samuel 23: 1-5; Revelation 1: 8 The web that sustains us It has been an emotional week in France especially, but also in this country as a result.  A reporter tells of a young Frenchman walking up… Read More

I Samuel  14-17; Mark 13: 27-28 Waiting to be blessed Hannah is vexed.  She wants a child. She prays and she prays, silently, with her lips moving, but without sound. There is an intensity about her that is… Read More

Ruth 3: 1-2; Mark 12: 38,39,40 Between love and oppression Marilynne Robinson, a well known religious novelist in an October 29 lecture at Stanford criticized the fact that universities are not primarily education students, but preparing them to… Read More

Genesis 32:27-30; Revelation 21:5 Naming the mission We have talked about Jacob and his quest for a mission as the new patriarch of the Hebrew people. He had to return from exile and face his past, and thereby,… Read More