Parkview Presbyterian Church

Dear friends, Today’s messages are tied together by one theme, the theme of a painful rebirth.  In Jeremiah, the prophet talks about the rebirth of God’s covenant with the people.  A covenant is a moral contract between God… Read More

Dear friends, Today our lectionary readings present two texts that at first glance seem to be in perfect harmony with each other.  We find them in the Gospel of John and in the Epistle to the Ephesians.  They… Read More

Dear friends, The anger of Jesus in the lectionary verses of today makes us beg the question:  what is the sincere Christian to do about anger?  A few years ago a disturbed man, and –ironically- a member of… Read More

Dear friends, An opponent of Abraham Lincoln once tried to pin a label on him. “Sir,” he said.  “You are two-faced.” To which Lincoln replied: ”If I had two faces, do you think I would wear this one?”  … Read More

Dear friends, Here is a joke I read last week.  This is how it goes something like this:” Due to financial hardships that cannot be explained, the light at the end of the tunnel will be temporarily turned… Read More

Dear friends,                                                                              Today’s texts are about following. Following is not an activity that has a positive connotation in this country.  Everything is about… Read More

Dear friends, We just heard part of the story of Haroen and the sea of stories written by the novelist Salman Rushdie.  It’s one of these magical child-line stories.  Sometimes we have heard Bible stories so often that… Read More