Parkview Presbyterian Church

We turn to the other side of the cross and we meet the soldiers. Who are they and what do they see? We must know that during the days the Roman Empire crucifixions were used as a cruel… Read More

Isaiah 50: 7,8; Matthew 21: 1-5, 8,9 Creating Worlds We all live in one world, on one uneven ball that is crammed full of salt water, bugs and other unwanted critters, a disappearing bunch of wanted critters and… Read More

Ezekiel 37:1-4; Romans :7-9 Letting go of Lent Today we see farewell to another Lenten season as we steam on to Palm Sunday and Easter.  The messages have been a series of sorts about letting go.  We started… Read More

I Samuel 3: 6-8; John 9: 35-41 Profoundly disorienting There are two stories that are constantly in the world news the last few weeks in addition to the tragedy in Washington State.  One is the disappearance of Malaysian… Read More

Exodus 17: 2,4,7; John 4:7-11, 16, 17 Real Conversations On the evening of October 25th 1946 the British philosopher Bertrand Russell hosted a meeting of the Moral Sciences Club at King’s College in Cambridge.  Two Jewish philosophers from… Read More

Genesis 12: 1,2; John 3:16,17Romans 4: 3,13 Lenten identity Dear friends, I read the following on  the internet (The sideshow, August 29, 2012): “A woman who was reported missing from an Icelandic tour unwittingly joined a search for… Read More

Genesis 3:22,23; Matthew 4: 1-4, 7 The need for letting go It is the first Sunday in Lent.  Lent is about refocusing, cutting out the non-essential and giving up something so we can be closer to God.  In… Read More