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 by Rev. Marci Glass January 9, 2022 John 1:29-51 Our text from John’s gospel today gives us another picture of how we are called together into community. It begins with John the Baptist’s account of Jesus’ baptism, which is closely connected to the calling…
A sermon preached by Rev. Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. Jan 2, 2022 John 1:1-14 Today we are celebrating Epiphany. This is an ancient Christian celebration, dating at least as far back as the 300’s. Epiphany is one of my favorite days in the year of church life. This…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. January 18, 2015 John 1:29-51 1 Cor 1:1-9 I don’t know what you remember about this church in Corinth, but it had some issues. Paul has heard of many problems in their fellowship because he keeps getting letters from people with complaints and concerns. They…
John 1:29-42 Isaiah 49:1-7 A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 19, 2014. Not all of the gospels bother to describe Jesus’ birth. But they all have accounts of his baptism. And when you can get Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John to agree on anything, even if the details are…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church on January 12, 2014 by Marci Auld Glass. John 1: 1-18 Sirach 24 I suspect that many of you are not familiar with the Book of the Wisdom of Sirach, and that is for good reason. It isn’t actually in your bibles. It isn’t considered scripture in the…
A sermon preached on Trinity Sunday at Southminster Presbyterian, Boise, Idaho Gen 1:1-4 In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. Then God said, “Let there…
Glass Overflowing 