A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, Ca June 1, 2025 Introduction to Worship How’d you end up in San Francisco? (or wherever you call home) Were you born here? Did you move here for work? For school? For the summer of love? Did you move here for the warm weather and…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco May 11, 2025 Introduction to worship Good morning and welcome to worship. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary. Thank you for joining us this morning for worship. Today is Mother’s Day. For those of us for whom this is…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco May 4, 2025 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary Presbyterian Church. 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 deeply believe that it is…
A sermon preached for Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. May 17, 2020 Luke 24: 13-35 We are a month past Easter now, but our tour of resurrection appearance stories takes us back to that day. The women have just raced back from the tomb to offer their testimony. ‘The tomb is empty! He is…
……I got all my sisters with me. That’s about all the lyrics I know from the Sister Sledge song, but they are enough. This weekend I flew to Seattle, stayed with my sister, visited another sister, and met a new sister. I have one more sister yet to meet, and one other sister I have…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho April 23, 2017 Luke 24:13-35 My friends and I pass books back and forth. If there is a book we enjoy, we’ll pass it on when we’re done with it. One of my friends sent me a book a while back. I read it and loved…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho January 29 ,2017 Luke 6:1-16 Last week, Jesus was talking to Simon Peter about fishing for people. We considered what that somewhat awkward metaphor might look like today. If you read the rest of chapter 5, it seems that fishing for people involves healing people…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian’s Sabbath Worship service November 14, 2015 Hosea 11:1-11 The Book of Hosea is a good illustration of why we should take the Bible seriously, but not take it literally. Because Hosea is filled with all kinds of metaphor and imagery. In the beginning of the book, God gives Hosea…
Christmas is in a week. Everyone seems overbooked and overwhelmed. Many of my clergy friends are barely hanging in there. Getting ready for the extra services is just one of a pastor’s worries in these dark days of December. I’m praying with and for my friends as they provide pastoral care to those who grieve…
Glass Overflowing 