Parkview Presbyterian Church

John 21: 1-19; Acts 9:1-6 Encounters with Jesus Life is full of strange encounters. A number of years back when we were traveling through Morocco, we met a young man named Abdul.  If you are traveling in a… Read More

John 20: 1-19: Acts 5:37-42 What can your hands do? Dear friends Today we have our annual encounter with the Thomas story. So I thought I would do something different this time.  Instead of talking about doubt, I… Read More

Isaiah 65: 17-25; John 20: 1-18 The Resurrection Outlook Are you a glass half full or a glass half empty kind of person?  In other words when life is not perfect but also not terrible, which is the… Read More

Luke 13: 31-35; Philippians 3: 18-20 Getting our house in order Last we talked about spiritual housecleaning.  Today we continue with our house metaphor.  While last week we started thinking about the stuff in our garages and the… Read More

  Joel 2: 12-16a; Luke 4: 1,2 Spiritual Spring cleaning Dear friends, Let’s talk about Spring cleaning.  It’s a little early, but the weather seems to be warming up slightly.  Can you think of things you would like… Read More

Matthew 14: 22-33; Luke 9: 28-36 Into the discomfort zone Dear friends,  Adrian Rogers tells about the man who bragged that he had cut off the tail of a man-eating lion with his pocket knife. Asked why he… Read More

Jeremiah 1: 4-10; Luke 4: 21-30 I recently read about the “Jerusalem Syndrome” (in the journal “Homiletics).  The Jerusalem syndrome refers to the people who come to Jerusalem to dress and act like Jesus or another Biblical character…. Read More