Parkview Presbyterian Church

Matthew 5: 43,44: I Corinthians 3: 11, 18,19 Foolish faith I am telling you today that foolishness can be good, because that is what our lectionary readings tell us. But there is a problem with this.  We really… Read More

I Corinthians 3: 5-9 Our place in time I know you waited in suspense. Would it happen? Would Tom Brady win his fifth Super Bowl trophy?  Could it happen that the man who already has everything got some… Read More

Isaiah 58: 4-7; Matthew 5:13,14 Being salt AND light “Dat slaat als een tang op een varken.” This is a strange Dutch expression that is hard to translate. It is something like: “that applies like a pair of… Read More

Micah 6: 8; Mark 5:6,7,8 Do you feel lucky….or blessed This week we are remembering Mary Tyler Moore.  I think it would be hard to find anyone who disliked her.  First there was the likeable, quirky and sometimes… Read More

Jonah 3:15,20; Mark 1:14-20 Leadership is very much on our minds these days.  Leadership is an important ideal in American society.  Following is not an activity that has a positive connotation.  Everything is about being a leader. Go… Read More

Jonah 3:15,20; Mark 1:14-20 Leadership is very much on our minds these days.  Leadership is an important ideal in American society.  Following is not an activity that has a positive connotation.  Everything is about being a leader. Go… Read More

Isaiah 42:1-3; Matthew 3:17; (Mark 1:7) Living Faith and Keeping Faith The Hippocratic oath that physicians are supposed to take, I am told, states:”First do no harm.” That may be a good way to approach the lectionary passage… Read More