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 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 October 9, 2022 Exodus 19:3-7, 20:1-17 Introduction to Worship: Today, we’ll be hearing the 10 Commandments. Do you know what the ten of them are? Don’t worry. It isn’t a quiz. Some of them are about our relationship with God. Worship only God and…
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 Pentecost sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian in Boise, Idaho May 14, 2016 Acts 2:1-21 1 Corinthians 12:1-13 Pentecost is the birth day of the church, the day the Holy Spirit showed up to a room full of followers and breathed God’s own breath on them, as if it were a mighty wind or a…
A sermon preached on Pentecost at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho May 24, 2015 Acts 2:1-21 Ezekiel 37:1-14 I read and preach these texts every year. They are some of my favorite passages of scripture. And just when I think I understand them, and that I’ve got them figured out, the Holy Spirit starts…
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