A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California July 11, 2021 Mark 6:14-29 John the Baptizer had said a lot of things in his life that were controversial. Mark doesn’t report much of his preaching, but we get more from Luke’s gospel, where John called God’s chosen people a “brood of vipers”.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA June 20, 2021 1 Samuel 17:1a, 4-11, 19-23, 32-49, Mark 4:35-41 I recognize myself in this David and Goliath story. And I am not David. I know I am supposed to like this story. It shows David being faithful and courageous, trusting that God…
A sermon preached by Rev. Marci Glass at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA May 15 Ephesians 1:15-23, Acts 1:1-11 This past Thursday was the day the church celebrates the Ascension, which is the 40th day after Easter, when we commemorate the Ascension of Christ into Heaven. And I know that we live in…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California April 25, 2021 Acts 4:5-13 John 10:11-18 The day before our story in Acts begins, Peter and John were walking into the Temple in Jerusalem and a lame beggar, who had sat at the gate every day for years, asked them for a handout.…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California April 4, 2021 Mark 16:1-8 Isaiah 43:14-21 Mark’s account of Easter morning is noticeably different than the other 3 gospels. Jesus makes zero resurrection appearances here. He isn’t mistaken for the gardener, as he is in John’s gospel. He doesn’t walk on the road…
Here is the statement we shared in worship this morning at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Last week, we spoke these words together from the Confession of Belhar: —that the church must therefore stand by people in any form of suffering and need, which implies, among other things, that the church must witness against and strive against…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 7, 2021 John 7:37-8:11 This is one of my very favorite passages in Scripture. I love this Jesus. This is the Jesus I wish I could be most like. This is also the Jesus who is so hard for me to emulate. Because…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California Numbers 21:4-9 John 3:14-17 Today our passages return us to the wandering in the wilderness. Specifically, this Numbers passage is the last, the final time, the Israelites complain in the wilderness. We’ve heard their complaints before. They complain about the bitter water (Exodus 15),…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California February 7, 2021 Isaiah 40:21-31 Mark 1:29-39 I took a week of study leave at the end of January. It wasn’t my usual winter trip with other clergy women because of covid, but I still got away to a place where I could see…
A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California January 31 2021 Mark 1:21-28 There’s a word that the author of Mark’s gospel uses over and over again—immediately. English translators, in an effort to make his language easier on our ears, often leave it out. As they do in this passage. But, as…
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