A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church April 7, 2024 Acts 3:1-16 Introduction to Worship: This morning we are beginning a sermon series on what it is to be Resurrection People. One on level, resurrection does not make sense to us. The people we know die, and we do not see them again this side…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Feb 18, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we’ll hear a story from the Book of Ephesians about Christ being our cornerstone. When Calvary was founded, 170 years ago this summer, the cornerstone was laid in a very different world, and not even at this…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA January 21, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we’ll hear a story where Jesus tells a crowd full of divided people that a house divided cannot stand. We are called to be a house united. Not a house uniform, where everyone is the same. A…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Jan 7, 2024 Introduction to Worship The four gospels tell the story of Jesus in different ways, but they all agree that Jesus was baptized by John and they agree that his baptism inaugurated the beginning of his public ministry. So, this morning, we’ll…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 15, 2023 Introduction to Worship I don’t know about you, but the news this week was rough. I found myself not wanting to listen to the news because the pain was too much, the misinformation was too much, the sadness was too much. …
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. October 8, 2023 Introduction to Worship Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote more than twenty books of poetry in her lifetime, was the first black woman appointed Poet Laureate of the United States. Her poem, Paul Robeson, contains one of my favorite images. We…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA September 10, 2023 Genesis 2:4b-7, 15-25; 3:1-8 Introduction to Worship: Today begins the program year of the church, even though many of our programs have been going all through the summer. Our choir is back to rehearsing Thursday nights. Adult Education classes will resume…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Aug 20, 2023 Gen 2:1-3 John 15:9-17 Introduction to Worship Good morning. We are in the second week of our sermon series on Sabbath. I invite you to think back on this past week. How’d you do with rest? Were you able to set aside any time? …
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Aug 6, 2023 John 9 Introduction to Worship: Good morning. Today in worship we’ll be exploring the journey of our call. How God has brought us through particular experiences to be where we are today. And how God is even now, dreaming for us a future that…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA April 30, 2023 Introduction to Worship Welcome to worship this morning. We are glad you are here. One of the things we’ll be talking about today is how sometimes things get lost in translation. When Jackie Chan was first filming movies in the US…
Glass Overflowing 