Looking for the Living Among the Dead

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church on Easter. April 20, 2025 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary this lovely Easter morning. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here. Whether you’re here for the first time or whether you are here every week, I deeply believe that…

Protest is an Act of Faith

a Palm Sunday sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA April 13, 2025 Introduction to Worship Welcome to Palm Sunday Worship. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary and we are glad you are with us to worship this day. You may notice, when you hear the…

Calling Each Other In

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA April 6, 2025 Scripture: Luke 18:31—19:10 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship at Calvary. I am Marci Glass, and I’m the pastor, head of staff here. We are so glad you have joined just this day. This morning we’ll hear the…

Fear, Faith, Figs, and Foxes

Introduction to worship: Good morning. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary, and it is a joy to welcome you here to this day of worship.  Today in worship we’ll be talking about the theological concept of theodicy, or where is God when bad things happen to good people.  We…

Half Alive

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California March 9, 2025 Introduction to Worship Good morning. I am Marci Glass, pastor and head of staff here at Calvary Presbyterian Church. Thank you for worshiping with us this morning, those of you in person and those of you online. Thank you. We know…

The Greater Debt

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, CA February 23, 2025 Scripture: Luke 7:36-50 Introduction to Worship How is it with your soul? Because the news has been a lot. And it has been designed to overwhelm us and to wear us out so we cannot respond and resist. And despair makes…

Worthy of Healing

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church, February 9, 2025 Scripture: Luke 7:1-17 Introduction to Worship: Good morning and welcome to worship. Today we will hear a story where Jesus heals people and it brings up the perennial question humans ask about who, exactly, is worthy to be healed. In the Book of Genesis, in…

Fishing for People (In a Storm)

A sermon preached at Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco, California January 26, 2025 Luke 5:1-11 Introduction to Worship Good morning and welcome to worship. Today we will be installing our new officers into service for the church. You elected them at a congregational meeting in December and they have been at church all weekend…

What, then, should we do?

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…

Light After Darkness

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…