Parkview Presbyterian Church

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

Job 42: 8,10; Mark 10: 46-48 When words fail In our Parkview sermon format we have three moments and dimensions: encounter with the text, connecting with life and finding new meaning. These are all important moments so it… Read More

Mark 10: 14-16; Hebrew 2:6,7 Saint and Sinner I would like to do something slightly unusual and have three popular songs from decades back do much of the talking for this reflection. But let us first look at… Read More

Numbers 11: 26-29; Mark 9:38 In our name A Presbyterian author writes; “ Buechner is my name. It is pronounced Beekner. If someone pronounces it in some foolish way, I have feeling that’s what foolish is me.  If… Read More

Exodus 3: 14,15; Mark 8: 27-30 Changing biographies Last week we talked how we use our words to paint the canvas of our lives and how the painting we paint of our lives has a place within the… Read More

Proverbs 22: 10, 11; Mark 7: 27; James 3:1-12 To speak or not to speak When we read today texts in the program, it seems like mumbo jumbo. And perhaps when you put the text together like that,… Read More