Parkview Presbyterian Church

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

Psalm 8:3,4; Matthew 25:44,45 Reordering our perspective The first Sunday of the year should feature a question mark, so today I have a question for you: “How does your faith in God impact your relationship with other people… Read More

Luke 1:16-19; (II Corinthians 12:9) The power of the fragile In a Woody Allen movie the controversial actor portrays a physically powerless man who describes a fight he was in, somehow trying to spin the story (I am… Read More

Isaiah 7: 14; Matthew 1: 22-24 God-with-us Emanuel means “God with us,” “God-with-us.”  You and I we get the concept of God, although we have different opinions and visions of Who God is.  You and I also get… Read More

Isaiah 2: 1-4; Romans 13: 11-12 Happy New (Church) Year Today we move into the brand New Year Church year and into a new three-year cycle of the church year with its lectionary readings.  So we’re into the… Read More

Jeremiah 30: 18, 19; Ephesians 1: 15, 16; Colossians 1:11-13. Thanksgiving in uncertain times In this month’s The Atlantic  Sarah Boxer has an article about women artists and she makes the point that what can make an artist… Read More