Tentmaking Hospitality

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…

Protest is an Act of Faith

a Palm Sunday sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA April 13, 2025 Introduction to Worship Welcome to Palm Sunday Worship. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary and we are glad you are with us to worship this day. You may notice, when you hear the…

Calling Each Other In

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA April 6, 2025 Scripture: Luke 18:31—19:10 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. I am Marci Glass, and I’m the pastor, head of staff here. We are so glad you have joined just this day. This morning we’ll hear the…

Fear, Faith, Figs, and Foxes

Introduction to worship: Good morning. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary, and it is a joy to welcome you here to this day of worship.  Today in worship we’ll be talking about the theological concept of theodicy, or where is God when bad things happen to good people.  We…

Half Alive

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 9, 2025 Introduction to Worship Good morning. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Thank you for worshiping with us this morning, those of you in person and those of you online. Thank you. We know…

The Greater Debt

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA February 23, 2025 Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 Introduction to Worship How is it with your soul? Because the news has been a lot. And it has been designed to overwhelm us and to wear us out so we cannot respond and resist. And despair makes…

Worthy of Healing

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church, February 9, 2025 Scripture: Luke 7:1-17 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship. Today we will hear a story where Jesus heals people and it brings up the perennial question humans ask about who, exactly, is worthy to be healed. In the Book of Genesis, in…