Peaceful, but not a Pushover

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 17, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today in worship, as we wrap up our Lenten sermon series on Planting Peace, we’ll be talking about active nonviolent resistance. If you’re familiar with the work of Martin Luther King, Jr and his leadership in the Civil…

Drawing Out Life

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Aug 24, 2014 Exodus 1:8–2:10 Romans 12:1-8 I wonder if Pharaoh ever had second thoughts about killing the Hebrew peoples’ boy babies instead of their girl babies. Because if you read this story, the men aren’t much of a problem to Pharaoh. They are slaves.…

Praying for Perfection

A  sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho and Boone Memorial Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) in Caldwell, Idaho February 23, 2014 Matthew 5:38-48 “There are six hundred passages of explicit violence in the Hebrew Bible, one thousand verses where God’s own violent actions of punishment are described, a hundred passages where Yahweh expressly commands…