Posts by Parkway
Employment Opportunity
Faithful, fun, inclusive, energized congregation in West County St Louis seeks a part-time (20 hours) church bookkeeper to overlap with and replace the retiring staff member. We need someone to partner with our volunteer Treasurer, Stewardship Committee and Church Council to help us meet our mission and vision. Your primary role would be to record…
Read MoreMy Time as a Country Lawyer
Phil Smith, Politician and Country Lawyer Sunday, December 13 | 11:15am | YouTube: https://youtu.be/PtuCMuGHetk Phil Smith was born and raised in Louisiana, MO. and practiced law in a one lawyer shop for decades. During that time, he ran successfully for State Representative from his district. He spent a lot of time in Jeff City, when…
Read MoreMister Rogers- speaking to children with acceptance, kindness, and empathy.
Probably no human has made a bigger mark on children’s television than Fred Rogers (1928-2003), who is more commonly known by the title of his show, Mister Rogers. The show, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, ran from 1968 to 2001 on public television and was a staple for young baby boomers and generation X viewers. I…
Read MoreCMHC #14- Sigmund Freud- the man who transformed mental health
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of those old famous guys we all think we know something about. He had something to do with psychiatry, but that’s about as far as the average person goes. Many of his theories have largely been debunked by 2020, yet he changed the course of many lives when it comes…
Read MoreScouting for Food
Scouting for Food – the annual food drive that occurs in November when young scouts tie a bag around your front door one Saturday and then come to pick up your generous donations of non-perishable food items the following Saturday has been canceled this year. One way they are keeping their commitment to hungry people…
Read MoreCovid Mental Health Challenge #11- Tribalism and elections- has politics driven us crazy?
German soldiers near the end of World War II were among the most determined warriors ever- battling to the last man even though they knew they were losing the war. When interviewed after the war was over, the soldiers professed no great love for Hitler or what he stood for. Their main loyalty was to…
Read More“A Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” as told by John Dwyer 11/8
Sunday, November 8 & 15 | 11:15am | via ZOOM While a college student, Parkway member John Dwyer worked in the summers as a merchant seaman on Great Lakes “ore boats.” This included a summer on the Edmund Fitzgerald, which on November 10, 1975 was lost with all hands during a ferocious storm on Lake…
Read MoreSailing the Inland Seas and the Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Parkway Speaker Series Sunday, November 11 | 11:15 am | via Zoom While a college student, Parkway member John Dwyer worked in the summers as a merchant seaman on Great Lakes “ore boats.” This included a summer on the Edmund Fitzgerald, which on November 10, 1975 was lost with all hands during a ferocious storm…
Read MoreJoin Us for Tuesday Afternoon Dialogue (TAD)
1st & 3rd Tuesdays beginning 11/17 | 2:00-3:00pm | via ZOOM TED has a new sibling! Introducing TAD, Tuesday afternoon Dialogue, a Zoom book discussion group. Everyone is welcome. We will be meeting the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month, starting November 17th. The book we have selected is Almost Everything: Notes on Hope…
Read MoreCovid mental health challenge #7. Laugh your way to mental fitness.
I’ve always had a special place in my heart for comedians. They poke fun at our world and show it’s glaring absurdities, inviting us to laugh at the very things that drive us crazy. And in many cases, it turns out the best comedians are struggling with mental afflictions themselves, mining the darkness of their…
Read MoreFast and Pray – Two Weeks Until the Election
Please fast and pray with me today. The election is two weeks away, and, though this vote cannot fix all that is so badly broken in this country, it might help. • I’m praying this election will mark the beginning of the end of family separations, caging children, and demonizing immigrants. • I pray this…
Read MoreReligion in Politics
A Word for the Day… I was talking with a neighbor a couple of weeks ago when the topic of the presidential debates came up. “I do not talk about politics or religion with people,” she said. “I do not think any of that matters in the whole scheme of things.” I was dumbfounded. I…
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