Parkview Presbyterian Church

John 2: 9,10; I Corinthians 12: 4-11 Refining our talents Today the New Testament texts in our lectionary reading are very well known but really have nothing to do with each other so there is no use forcing… Read More

John 1: 1, 2, 16,18; Ephesians 1:5 Getting to know God Our youngest son Andrew had a friend from Ghana named Kofi.  Kofi’s parents were members of Capital Christian Centers and therefore Pentecostal. The mother, a very nice… Read More

Christmas service Looking for Baby Jesus We have talked about how Gail wanted the baby Jesus to be here all year round, not just at Christmas. And for months he was there in his little manger.  Then after… Read More

Zephaniah:3:17-20; Philippians 4: 4-6 The verbs of Advent III We are finishing up a mini-series on the “verbs of advent.”  We have looked at the verbs from our selected lectionary readings the last two weeks and we have… Read More

Malachi : 3: 1-3; Luke :3: 4-6 The Verbs of Advent II In a recent interview on TV (Tavis Smiley, PBS) actor Ted Danson talked  with his interviewer about the horror that is presented on cable news all… Read More

I Samuel 2: 26; Luke 2: 47, 50, 51, 52 Tradition and innovation Today is our New Year’s service and I want to talk about doing things in a new way. I want to talk about innovation.  Yet… Read More

Jeremiah 33: 14-15 and 1 Thessalonians 3: 10-12 The Verbs of Advent I When we look at the Bible, we often see words we are not sure about, that trip us up and make us wonder what the… Read More