A sermon for Trinity Sunday by Rev. Marci Auld Glass, Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA June 12, 2022 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 John 16:12-15 Today is Trinity Sunday, the day in the church calendar where we acknowledge the Trinity, the threefold nature of God, commonly proclaimed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. How do…
A Pentecost sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church by Rev. Marci Auld Glass June 5, 2022 Acts 2:1-21 Gen 11:1-11 Diversity. Is it a good word or a bad word for you? Diversity is a complicated ideal. As globalization, and the movement of people across the planet expands—some moving for economic opportunities, others moving…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA May 1 2022 John 21:1-19 Christ is Risen! He is risen indeed! That was our refrain two weeks ago. It is our refrain today. How are our lives different today because of that news? What does it mean for us to stand and say,…
A Good Friday Meditation from Calvary Presbyterian Church San Francisco, CA Psalm 130 John 18 and 19 On Maundy Thursday, we heard of the new commandment Jesus gave to his disciples as he fed them and washed their feet as a servant would. “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just…
Luke 13:31-35 Psalm 27 A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 13, 2022 In the section immediately preceding our story from Luke this morning, Jesus has been causing a ruckus. He has healed on the Sabbath, and then shamed his critics with his response to healing on the Sabbath. Shamed critics…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA March 6 2022 Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Both texts for the first day of Lent are about wandering. Whether it is 40 years, in the case of Israel, or 40 days in the case of Jesus, both of them beg the question—what does wandering…
An Ash Wednesday sermon preached March 2, 2022 at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Isaiah 58:1-12 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Twenty First Century America has an odd relationship with death. On the one hand, we sort of accept needless death as par for the course—look at our response to covid with almost one million…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California February 13, 2022 John 6:25-40, 60-69 We use figurative language all the time that is never meant to be heard literally. Like “I’m drowning in work right now”. If I were to say that, people might challenge me on my work life boundaries, but…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA February 6 2022 John 4:46-54 A few weeks back, Jesus was turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee. Today, we’re back in that town down the road from Nazareth. A royal official from Capernaum, which was a town on the northwestern shore of…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, Ca Jan 23 2022 John 2:1-11 As you maybe have already discerned from our readings the past few weeks, John’s Gospel handles the story of Jesus differently than do Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Those three are called the “synoptic” gospels because of the way they…
Glass Overflowing 