A Palm Sunday sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco March 29, 2026 Scripture: John 12:1-27 John 19:16b-22 Introduction to worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. I am Marci Glass, Pastor and head of staff. Whether you’re here for the first time or whether you are here every week, I…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA November 3, 2024 Introduction to Worship: How is it with your soul? As you may have heard, there’s an election this week. No big deal, right? I have a low pitched hum in my head that pops up when I’m stressed, as if my…
A sermon preached at Crown Court Church in London August 11, 2024 Exodus 16:1-18 John 6:35, 41-51 Introduction to Worship Today we continue in John’s Gospel, and Jesus is still talking about bread. I’m okay with that because I talk about bread a lot too. I had to give up gluten for a while when…
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…
A sermon preached by Rev. Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church October 10, 2021 Exodus 16:1-18 The story of the Exodus, from which today’s passage comes, is the story of a group of people who had been forced to leave their homeland because of economic and political reasons. They were a poor minority, refugees…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. July 25, 2021 John 6:1-21 The lectionary jumps around a bit this summer. When last we checked in, we were in Mark’s gospel, skipping over a feeding story. Rather than give us Mark’s account of the miracle, this morning, we have John’s account. This…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. March 31, 2019 Matthew 25:1-13 Let me start out by saying I’m opposed to the very premise of this parable, opposed to the idea that women should be sitting around in the dark, just waiting for some guy to show up. I know, I know.…
My STAR word for 2018 was “favor”. Noah is said to have found favor with God in the book of Genesis, before the ark project begins. And Mary, the young girl from Nazareth is greeted by a divine messenger and told “Greetings, favored one!…. You have found favor with God”. She goes on to (spoiler…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho July 29, 2018 Ruth 2 When I have casual interactions with strangers in public places, such as airplanes, coffee shops, or car dealerships, the question I hate the most is “what do you do for a living?” Being a female pastor in Idaho has it’s…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. June 26, 2016 Exodus 16:11-18 2 Cor 8:1-15 This part of 2nd Corinthians was an important part to Paul. The offering to the church in Jerusalem was a big deal and is referenced throughout his other letters too. One of the reasons, I think, that…
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