Each Other’s Harvest

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco. October 8, 2023 Introduction to Worship Pulitzer Prize winner Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote more than twenty books of poetry in her lifetime, was the first black woman appointed Poet Laureate of the United States. Her poem, Paul Robeson, contains one of my favorite images.  We…

Dismantling Barriers

A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. Jan 9, 2016 Mark 2:1-22 We just heard a rather long passage from early in Mark’s gospel. As I’ve mentioned before, Jesus wastes no time after his baptism to get to work. He heals people. He preaches. He heals more people. He draws large crowds. …