Promise in Darkness

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California Sept 18, 2022 Genesis 12:1-9, Genesis 15:1-6 Introduction Look toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them.  That is God’s instruction to Abram in the story we’ll hear today.  God is reminding him that he will be a…

The Lord Will Provide

Gen 22 Sept 19, 2021 A sermon preached by Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. For the careful listeners out there, you might recall last week, when telling the creation story, I made a claim about how God creates in love, and with hopes for our flourishing and life. And…

Sarah’s Fury

This is one of my contributions to the Abingdon Creative Preaching Annual 2014. Genesis 22:1-14 I am furious. I have sojourned with him all across the Middle East. I forgave him when he tried to pass me off as his sister. Twice. We’ve had some good times too, for sure. He stood by me in…