Parkview Presbyterian Church

Romans 8: 12-17; John 3: 1-7 Just after Memorial Day, it seems fitting that we talk about freedom.  It’s a word public officials use a lot and that nobody seems to question ever. Sixties rock star Janis Joplin… Read More

Genesis 11: 6-8; Acts 2: 1-6 There is an anecdote of a patient lying on the couch dressed in a medieval costume people wear in theater productions and saying to his therapist:” If only all the voices in… Read More

Psalm 1;John 17: 6,8,9 The two texts before us are part of a different Testament and were written in a different time.  The Old Testament Psalm takes us to the time when all the people had was the… Read More

Acts 10: 34,35; Acts 17:22-25   There is a new show on tv.  I usually keep my tv watching limited to pbs, the soccer channel and a few clever sitcoms, but I had to sit down for a… Read More

Acts 4:5-12; 1 John 3:16-24 Last week I was in Davis and as I walked through the center of town, just past the organic coffee shop. A tall man –I guess he was in his forties- stood silently… Read More

Acts 3: 12-19; I John 3:1-7 You will have heard the term non-sequitur. In everyday speech, a non sequitur is a statement in which the final part is totally unrelated to the first part. For example: “Life is life and… Read More

Acts 4:32-35; John 20: 19-31 Once again we go from the high of Easter’s joy to the doubt of Thomas.  Last week we looked at the story of Easter from the vantage point of science and saw that… Read More