A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on January 26, 2014 by Marci Glass. Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18 Luke 10:25-37 The Book of Leviticus gets its name from the Levitical priests who used it as a manual to help them in their worship plans, among other things. It is a book about worship.…
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 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on November 17, 2013. Isa 65:17-25 Luke 21:1-19 We have two very different texts today. The beautiful promise from Isaiah of God’s new heaven and new earth—where children will grow up in peace and health and wholeness to live long and productive lives. A world…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on November 10, 2013 Haggai 1:15b-2:9 Haggai’s prophesy dates from Aug and Dec 520 BCE, which can be dated by the dates and the names of the rulers mentioned in it. He is one of the 3 post-exilic prophets of his era (that we know…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on October 27, 2013. Joel 2:23-32 Luke 18:9-14 The Book of Joel is best read in one sitting. I invite you to look through it this week. It opens with a story of destruction. Locusts invade and destroy the land. Crops fail. Fire burns. A…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on October 20, 2013. Luke 18:1-8 As I’ve mentioned before, I’m notoriously bad at casting myself in the right role in a parable of Jesus’. But this one! This is the role of my lifetime! I am the annoying woman! I mean the persistent widow.…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on October 13, 2013. Jeremiah 29:1, 4-11 Luke 17:11-21 The word “foreign” conjures up different images. It can make us think of other lands and countries. My husband flew to Haiti this weekend for his annual medical mission trip. He is in a foreign country.…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on October 6, 2013. Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15 A few weeks ago, we heard from the Prophet Jeremiah. He was reminding the Hebrew people that they had forgotten their part in God’s story, They had forgotten to tell how their stories were connected to God’s bigger…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on September 22, 2013 by Rev. Marci Auld Glass. Jeremiah 2:4-13 Our passage this morning, from the beginning chapters of Jeremiah, offers a courtroom style indictment by God against Israel. “Therefore, once more, I accuse you” says the Lord. If you’ve ever read much of…
Glass Overflowing 