Parkview Presbyterian Church

Isaiah 1: 10-20; Hebrews 11:1-3 Invisible rather than visible One thing I have always been impressed with at Parkview is how things get done and how they often get done without fanfare.  I find items or equipment inexplicably… Read More

Hosea 11: 2,3,4; Luke 12: 21  The idols of our time What’s the deal with idols?  Do we really have an issue with that?  In the Old Testament that was a huge problem.  Hosea tells us about the… Read More

Psalm 52: 8,9; Luke 10: 40,41, 42 Who we are and who we ought to be What is the problem that we run into our texts?  We start with one verse in Psalm 52 where the author says”… Read More

Amos 7: 14, 15; Luke 10: 33-35 Risky relationships Amos goes to the King to remind him God is not pleased with his actions.  God is patient, but God’s patience has its limits. As a poor farmer and… Read More

2 Kings 5: 10, 11, 12; Luke 10: 4 Acting outside the box The element that unites both our texts today is that people are asked to do something unusual, something strange, something counter-intuitive. The first is Naaman,… Read More

2 Kings 2: 9, 10, 13; Luke 9:57 In the footsteps Both the text in 2 Kings and in Luke speak about following.  The first is about following in the footsteps, for Elijah will be taken up.  But… Read More

Luke 5: 1-7 Finding your fish The Giant Trevally or Ulua as it is known in Hawaii is widely sought after by fishermen and women in the warm reaches of the world.  For Hawaiian fishermen it is quite… Read More