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…
The Testimony of the Bent Over Woman A perspective on Luke 13:10-17 and Isaiah 58:9b-14 by Marci Auld Glass I know the ground of my town well. I am good friends with each rock, each turn of a path, each twist of a road. The way the dirt banks on some turns, the trails left…
A sermon preached July 28, 2013 at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho Amos 7:7-17 It is good to be home. A week at the Presbyterian Youth Triennium in Purdue with 5,000 of my closest friends and then most of a week in Maine, recovering from Triennium while Alden was at a soccer camp. I…
Today in worship, members of the Human Rights House Church of Southminster shared their reflections from participation at the Boise PRIDE festival in June 2013. This is the 3rd year our congregation has been at the rally, marched in the parade, and had a booth at the festival, passing out over 80 cases of free…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho June 30, 2013 1 Kings 19:1-15 Our text this morning picks up after quite an exciting story. Elijah takes on the prophets of Baal and Asherah, all 850 of them, and challenges them to a scene made for reality TV. Israeli Idol would be a…
Galatians 3:23-29 A sermon preached by Deanna Watson at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho. June 23, 2013 There is a dichotomy between the two diverse pathways described in Galatians. Before Jesus, when we were bound by, and held in custody by the law. And then, when Jesus came, we were freed from the bondage…
A sermon preached at Southminster Presbyterian Church in Boise, Idaho on June 16, 2013 1 Kings 21:1-21a I meet each week with a group of clergy for a Bible study about the texts we’ll be preaching each week. After reading this one, someone asked, “is anyone actually preaching this text?” I said I was and…
Glass Overflowing 