A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA January 12, 2024 Luke 3:1-22 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship here at Calvary Presbyterian. Today is Baptism of the Lord Sunday, and we’ll hear Luke’s account of when Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan River. We also remember…
An Epiphany sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Jan 5, 2024 Isaiah 60:1-3, 19-22 Luke 2:41-52 Introduction to Worship 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…
A Christmas Eve Sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Dec 24, 2024 Luke 2:1-20 Isaiah 9:2-7 Introduction to worship The winter solstice was a few days ago, and the days are imperceptibly getting longer. It makes sense that we talk about light during this season of short days and long nights.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA December 22, 2024 Isaiah 40:1-11 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship here at Calvary. We’re glad you are here. This past spring, my husband and I, along with my mother in law, and some other friends, visited Morocco. One of the…
Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary Presbyterian Church. This is the second Sunday of Advent, the season in which we wait, watch, and prepare for the coming of Jesus. In today’s passage Isaiah will speak of the treasures of darkness. In the sermon, we’ll look at what he’s talking about,…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church December 1, 2024 Isaiah 52:1-10 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to the church season of Advent. Advent is the 4 weeks before Christmas, and the start of the church calendar. Our church calendar year begins with preparation for the birth of Jesus, in whom we see…
A sermon preached at Crown Court Church in London August 11, 2024 Exodus 16:1-18 John 6:35, 41-51 Introduction to Worship Today we continue in John’s Gospel, and Jesus is still talking about bread. I’m okay with that because I talk about bread a lot too. I had to give up gluten for a while when…
A sermon preached at the Crown Court Church of Scotland in London, England August 4, 2024 Introduction to worship I haven’t paid as close attention to the Olympics as I wish I could have, but watching the women’s gymnastics competition, I was thinking about the 2021 olympics, when Simone Biles, one of the greatest gymnasts…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California July 7, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we are beginning a sermon series through the Book of Daniel. It tells the story of some noble-born boys from Israel who become spoils of war and are taken from Jerusalem to Babylon and trained to be…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church June 2, 2024 Introduction to Worship The Westminster Shorter Catechism, one of our foundational documents in our Book of Confessions, asks this question: Q: What is the chief end of humanity? A: Our chief end is to glorify God and enjoy him forever. Today we’ll be talking about…
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