A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA February 6 2022 John 4:46-54 A few weeks back, Jesus was turning water into wine in Cana of Galilee. Today, we’re back in that town down the road from Nazareth. A royal official from Capernaum, which was a town on the northwestern shore of…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, Ca Jan 23 2022 John 2:1-11 As you maybe have already discerned from our readings the past few weeks, John’s Gospel handles the story of Jesus differently than do Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Those three are called the “synoptic” gospels because of the way they…
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 for the third Sunday in Advent at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA December 12, 2021 Colossians 1:15-20 Ezekiel 37:1-14 This is the third Sunday of Advent, the day we light the pink candle, and celebrate JOY. And to talk about joy, obviously, we chose a story about zombie prophesies from…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA by Rev. Marci Auld Glass October 31, 2021 Romans 15:13-14 1 Chronicles 29:1-22 The Books of 1st and 2nd Chronicles were written as one book, with the intent to tell the story of God’s people from the beginning of time through the beginning of…
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…
Gen 22 Sept 19, 2021 A sermon preached by Marci Auld Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA. For the careful listeners out there, you might recall last week, when telling the creation story, I made a claim about how God creates in love, and with hopes for our flourishing and life. And…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California September 12, 2021 Gen 1 to 2:4a Today we are beginning a year of scripture readings from the Narrative Lectionary. I have historically preached from the 3 year Revised Common Lectionary readings, which were put together in 1992 by a number of different Christian denominations. I like…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church by Rev. Marci Auld Glass Aug 25, 2021 Proverbs 9:1-6, 13-18 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls from the…
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