Parkview Presbyterian Church

Mark 7: 14,15; James 1: 22-27 Doing good from within I see three questions the lectionary texts make us look at: in our doing are we true to ourselves, true to our faith and true to the facts?… Read More

Genesis 8: 1,8,9; John 3: 8; Acts: 2:1,2 A tale of islands I saw a brief cartoon of about a lonely volcanic island recently. The visuals were great, the camera approaches the island from the sky as in… Read More

Psalm 111: 10, I Kings 3: 9-12, Ephesians 5: 15, 16 Clues to spiritual wisdom It turns out there have been a lot of bikes stolen in our neighborhood lately.  Last weekend ours was the target.  We had… Read More

Jonah 1:3, 4:10; Ephesians 4: 26, 27, 31 Getting in our own way You and I have a tendency to sabotage ourselves.   We do things over and over again that are not good for us:  it may manifest… Read More

Ephesians 4: 15; 2 Samuel 12, 7, 9; John 6: 26, 27 Truth Hearing The texts today are about the truth. We talk a lot more about telling the truth than we do about hearing the truth. It… Read More

2 Samuel 11: 2,3,15 ; John 6: 12,13                                                                                       Longing for more Last week we talked about “rest.”  This week we talk about “more. “ Maybe they are related.  Perhaps the lectionary readings for today can direct us… Read More

2 Samuel 7:1-3; Mark 6:30,31  What  we need rest from What are you tired of? Please don’t say: ”you.” What do you need a break from?  From what do you need to rest?  We kind of figure rest… Read More