A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA May 12, 2024 Introduction to Worship Good morning. Thank you for joining us this morning for worship, both in person and online. Today is Mother’s Day. And for everyone who celebrates today, we celebrate with you. And for everyone for whom this day is…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church April 7, 2024 Acts 3:1-16 Introduction to Worship: This morning we are beginning a sermon series on what it is to be Resurrection People. One on level, resurrection does not make sense to us. The people we know die, and we do not see them again this side…
An Easter sermon at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 31, 2024 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. I don’t know about you, but many of my friends are not religious. Or, I should say, they are formerly religious. And I’m professionally religious, which leads to interesting conversations.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 17, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today in worship, as we wrap up our Lenten sermon series on Planting Peace, we’ll be talking about active nonviolent resistance. If you’re familiar with the work of Martin Luther King, Jr and his leadership in the Civil…
Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary Presbyterian Church. We are glad that you are here. We’re continuing our Lenten sermon series Planting Peace and Sowing Shalom. Working for peace can seem like a tall order. And so as we think about how to live authentic and peaceable lives in what…
Yesterday, I had the honor to preach at the memorial service for a woman who was a lifeline for me in college, and a mentor until the day she died. Those of us who were shaped by her, challenged by her, loved by her, and taught by her will forever walk differently in the world.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Feb 18, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we’ll hear a story from the Book of Ephesians about Christ being our cornerstone. When Calvary was founded, 170 years ago this summer, the cornerstone was laid in a very different world, and not even at this…
Ash Wednesday Worship at Calvary Presbyterian in San Francisco February 14, 2024 Welcome to worship this rainy, blustery evening. We are grateful you have joined us. Because life is both beautiful and difficult. There was another mass shooting today. At a parade in Kansas City as people celebrated their Super Bowl win. We grieve. It…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA January 21, 2024 Introduction to Worship Today we’ll hear a story where Jesus tells a crowd full of divided people that a house divided cannot stand. We are called to be a house united. Not a house uniform, where everyone is the same. A…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA Jan 7, 2024 Introduction to Worship The four gospels tell the story of Jesus in different ways, but they all agree that Jesus was baptized by John and they agree that his baptism inaugurated the beginning of his public ministry. So, this morning, we’ll…
Glass Overflowing 