Parkview Presbyterian Church

Matthew 12:38-44 In today’s passage Jesus provides us with a scale of sorts, a scale of how to be religious and to be giving as a religious person.  On the one end of the scale are the scribes… Read More

Ruth 1: 16, 17; Matthew 12: 28-34 This nation is an exhausted nation, worn out by a seemingly endless election.  I think we all feel a certain amount of embarrassment about how these campaigns have gone.  Deep down… Read More

Reflection September 30, 2012; Mark 9:40,41; James 4, James 5:16 Today we say goodbye to James, until the next time at least, and with it to the month of September. We will have found ourselves in each of… Read More

Mark 9: 33-37; James 3: 13-18 Muhammad Ali was a magnificent boxer and a likeable colorful character.  He is still extremely popular.  One thing he wasn’t was humble.  He simply said: “I dance like a butterfly and sting… Read More

Proverbs 1: 20-33; James 3:1-12 Today we continue our journey through the Epistle of James. On the first Sunday of September we heard James tell us that we forget who we are as Christians and don’t act as… Read More

Proverbs 22: 1,2; James 2: 1-10,14,17 Today we talk about character, how we judge it and we show it and how the two are related. James criticizes his readers for honoring the wealthy and well-adorned in church, but… Read More

Mark 7: 6,7,8; James 1: 22-27 A bunch of young people are getting settled in a bar and about to order some drinks. One of the guys who usually not that talkative starts a monologue as one of… Read More