Ash Wednesday Worship at Calvary Presbyterian in San Francisco February 14, 2024 Welcome to worship this rainy, blustery evening. We are grateful you have joined us. Because life is both beautiful and difficult. There was another mass shooting today. At a parade in Kansas City as people celebrated their Super Bowl win. We grieve. It…
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 Dec 24, 2023 Introduction to Worship We are here tonight, at the darkest time of the year to light our candles and sing the stories of our faith. It’s one of my favorite nights of the year. The days are imperceptibly getting longer now…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Dec 17, 2023 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship. Today we are marking the fourth Sunday of Advent and we will hear the Song of Zechariah. He was a priest of the line of Abijah, which stemmed back to the time…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Nov 19, 2023 Reign of Christ Sunday Introduction to Worship Today in worship we’ll be considering the reign of God and how God’s kingdom is different from human kingdoms. We’ll look at the story of King Josiah, one of our biblical ancestors, who lived…
Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. We are glad that you are with us, either here in the sanctuary or online. Today we’ll hear a story about the Prophet Elijah, who holds a big dramatic smack down with the prophets of the false god, Ba’al. It’s part of the story…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA October 22, 2023 Introduction to Worship Living in San Francisco, I can sometimes forget about seasons. It feels like perpetual spring, where things are blooming year round. And I love that. But autumn is my season. I was born in autumn. I grew up…
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…
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