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First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo — 600 episodes
Renewal in Systems -- Proverbs 1:20-33, Romans 8:38-39 (Rev. Ruth T. West preaching; 17th Sunday After Easter)
Renewal in Context -- Jeremiah 29:4-7, Romans 8:26-27 (Rev. Ruth T. West preaching; 16th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: Pilgrimage -- Psalm 23, Matthew 28:15-20 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 15th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: Loss & Continuity -- John 11:1-44 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 14th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: Call & Purpose -- Exodus 3:1-15, Luke 4:14-19 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 13th Sunday After Easter)
Seek the Shalom of the City -- Jeremiah 29:4-7 (Rev. Dr Harry Eberts III preaching; 12th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: Listening for God -- 1 Kings 19:9-18, Matthew 14:22-33 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 10th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: The Sacraments -- Mark 1:9-11, Matthew 14:13-21, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 10th Sunday After Easter)
Sacred Portals: Dreams & Visions -- 1 Kings 3:1-12, Romans 8:26-39 (Rev. Beverly Brewster preaching; 9th Sunday After Easter)
Grace and Peace to You -- 2 Corinthians 1:1-7; Philippians 1:1-11 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Beginning of Wisdom -- Proverbs 1:1-7, 20-33 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Prophet's Call -- Jeremiah 1 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Faith Without Understanding -- Genesis 22:1-14; Matthew 26:36-45 (Rev. Erin Wiens St John, preaching; 5th Sunday After Pentecost)
Liberation, Beginning Again -- Exodus 1 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Beginning of the Good News -- Mark 1:1-4, Matthew 1:1-7, Luke 1:1-4, John 1:1-5, 9-14 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Rev and Restore -- Genesis 1:1-2:4 (Trinity Sunday)
Bold in Spirit -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
Until We Meet Again -- Luke 24:44-53; Acts 1:1-11 (Ascension Sunday)
What We Cannot Know, and What We Can -- Acts 17:22-31 (6th Sunday of Easter)
Where Life Slows, Life Speaks -- John 21:1-13; Proverbs 16:1-3 (Rev. Grace Hyeryung Kim, preaching) (5th Sunday in Easter)
"As Any Had Need" -- Acts 2:42-47 (4th Sunday in Easter)
Companions on the Way -- Luke 24:13-35 (3rd Sunday in Easter)
When Doubt Declines, Faith Decides -- John 20:19-32 (2nd Sunday in Easter) (Chaplain Chitoka Webb, preaching)
Alive in the World -- Matthew 28:1-10, 16-20
The Good News is... love lived out -- Matthew 21:1-17 (Palm Sunday)
The Good News is... protection and care of the vulnerable -- Deut. 24:17-22, Matt. 19:13-15 (5th Sunday of Lent)
Lavish Love -- Luke 7:36-50 (4th Sunday in Lent)
Sitting Down Is Sufficient Mark 6:31-44 (3rd Sunday in Lent) (Rev. Dr. Nancy Wiens, preaching)
The Good News Is... All Are Welcome -- Luke 15:15-24 (2nd Sunday in Lent)
The Good News is… so good it catches us by surprise -- Matthew 4:1-11; John 2:1-11 (1st Sunday in Lent)
Mountaintop Spirituality - The Radiance of God -- Matthew 17:1-9 (Transfiguration Sunday, Rev. Beverly Brewster, Preaching)
And He Sat Down to Teach -- Matthew 5:11-20 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
A World Full of Blessing -- Matthew 5:1-12 (4th Sunday After Epiphany)
"Come and Ask, Come and See" -- John 1:35-42 (3rd Sunday After Epiphany)
Learning from Our Mistakes -- Matthew 15:21-28 (2nd Sunday of Epiphany; MLK Sunday)
Beginning with Who We Are -- Matthew 3:13-17 (1st Sunday After Epiphany)
"Get Out the Map" -- Matthew 2 (Epiphany Sunday)
A Longing for Human Decency -- Matthew 1:18-25 (4th Sunday of Advent)
A Longing for a Just World -- Isaiah 11:1-10 (2nd Sunday of Advent)
A Longing for Peace -- Isaiah 2:1-5 (1st Sunday of Advent)
The Turn Toward Gratitude -- Luke 17:11-19 (Thanksgiving Sunday)
"I am creating..." -- Isaiah 65:17-25 (Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching) (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Grounded in Love -- Psalm 1, Haggai 1:15b-2:9 (22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
Our Watch -- Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 (All Saints Sunday)
The Parable Trap -- Luke 18:9-14 (Rev. Dr. Joanne Whitt, preaching) (20th Sunday After Pentecost)
"When Discouraged, Listen for God's Mumbling" -- 1 Kings 19:1-15 (Rev. Scott Quinn, preaching) (19th Sunday After Pentecost)
Grow Where You Are Planted -- Jeremiah 29:1, 4-9 (18th Sunday After Pentecost)
How Does One "Pray for the King"? -- 1 Timothy 2:1-7 (World Communion Sunday; 17th Sunday After Pentecost)
Constancy v Consistency in Ordinary Time -- Lamentations 3:22-32; Hebrews 13:1-8 (Rev. Grace Hyeryung Kim, preaching) (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
At the Dimming of the Day -- Genesis 28:10-19 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
Welcome Sinners, Tax Collectors, and Pharisees! -- Luke 15:1-10 (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
A Time to Let Go, and a Time to Embrace -- Luke 14:15-23 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
"Bless Thou the Handling of Our Hands" -- Luke 13:10-17 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
From Branches to Blessing -- Luke 19:1-10 (Chaplain Chitoka Webb, preaching) (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
Is This What the Path to Peace Looks Like? -- Luke 12:49-56; Rev. Bev Brewster preaching (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
Come, Jesus, Come -- Revelation 22: 1-5, 16-21 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Wild Hope of Imagination -- Revelation 21:1-7, 15-24 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
On Being Lukewarm -- Revelation 3:7-22 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Pause, Refresh, Reset -- Philippians 4:4-8 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
"The One upon the Throne" -- Revelation 1:4-8, 5:11-14 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
A Healing Imagination -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Beyond the Cave -- 1 Kings 19:1-15 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
For All Those Who Are Far from Home -- Luke 15:11-32 (Trinity Sunday)
"What Then Shall We Do?" -- Isaiah 61:1-4; Luke 3:10-14 (5th Sunday of Easter)
Who Then Are We? -- Acts 11:1-18 (4th Sunday of Easter)
Unshrouded Hearts -- Isaiah 25:6-9; Luke 24:14-39 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; 3rd Sunday in Easter)
Not the Same Old Story -- Luke 23:55-24:12 (Easter Sunday)
Turning Toward the Cross -- Luke 19:28-40, 23:26-45 (Palm/Passion Sunday)
Turning Toward Tender Mercy -- John 12:1-11 (5th Sunday in Lent)
"They Not Like Us" -- Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (4th Sunday of Lent)
Turning Toward Our Fears -- Genesis 32:6-8, 22-32 (3rd Sunday in Lent)
Too Much Turning -- Psalm 22 (2nd Sunday of Lent)
Turning From, Turning Toward -- Luke 4:1-13 (1st Sunday in Lent)
Astounded at the Greatness of God -- Luke 9:28-43 (Transfiguration Sunday)
Love Everyone (No Exceptions) -- Luke 6:27-38 (7th Sunday of Epiphany)
"Like a tree planted by water" - Jeremiah 17:5-10; 1 Cor. 15:12-20 (6th Sunday of Epiphany)
Humble and Bold -- 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 4:21-30 (5th Sunday of Epiphany)
All the Boring Virtues -- 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 (4th Sunday of Epiphany)
Today -- Luke 4:14-21 (3rd Sunday of Epiphany; Rev. Eric Beene preaching)
Grace Gifts & Working Papers -- 1 Corinthians 12:1-13, 27 (2nd Sunday of Epiphany)
Whose We Are -- Luke 3:10-17, 21-22 (1st Sunday After Epiphany)
New Life, New Day, New Year -- Jeremiah 31:7-14 (2nd Sunday of Christmas)
On the Cusp -- Titus 3:4-7;Luke 2:41-52 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; First Sunday of Christmas)
"And the whole world give back the song" -- Luke 2:8-20 (4th Sunday of Advent)
"O you, beneath life's crushing load" -- Luke 1:26-38, 46-55 (2nd Sunday in Advent)
"O, hush the noise and cease the strife" -- Luke 1:8-25, 57-58, 67-80 (1st Sunday of Advent)
A Baseline of Gratitude -- Philippians 4:4-9 (Thanksgiving Sunday)
Longing for Enough -- Exodus 16:1-5, 13-23 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching; 26th Sunday After Pentecost)
Unshakeoffable -- Ruth 1:1-18 (25th Sunday After Pentecost)
Saints Seen and Unseen -- Hebrews 11 (All Saints' Sunday)
They Persisted - Mark 10:46-52 (Rev. Beverly Brewster, preaching; 23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
You Do Not Know What You Are Asking - Mark 10:35-45 (Rev. Eric Beene, preaching; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
Rubble -- Ezra 3:1-3, 8-13 (21st Sunday After Pentecost)
"The Welcome Table" -- Mark 6:30-44 (World Communion Sunday)
Finding Our Way Home Together -- Mark 6:6-13 (Homecoming Sunday; 17th Sunday After Pentecost)
Mind Blowing, Heart Opening Encounters -- Mark 7:24-37 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
Sowers Gonna Sow -- Mark 4:1-9 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
Don't Go to Court -- Matthew 18:15-22 (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
"The Quality of Mercy" -- Genesis 45:1-15 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
Rev. Scott Quinn, preaching -- Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
When God Is in the Dock -- Job 23 & 38 (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
When God Brings the Charges -- Isaiah 1:2-3, 12-30 & Isaiah 5 (10th Sunday after Pentecost)
The Heart of Wisdom -- 1 Kings 3 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
"What Is Truth?" -- John 18:28-40 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
Who's in Charge Here? -- Philippians 2:1-12 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
Everyone Belongs -- Ephesians 2:11-22 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Kindred Spirits & Bosom Friends -- 1 Samuel 18:1-8, 20:1-22 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
"Created Equal" -- 1 Samuel 15:35-16:13 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
Presence & Peace -- Matthew 28:16-20; Philippians 4:4-7 (2nd Sunday After Pentecost; Rev. Bev Brewster, preaching)
“It Will Not Be Over Until We Talk” --- Luke 7:1-10 (Trinity Sunday; Nick Morris, preaching)
A Tale of Wind and Flame -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
"And the Chains Fell Off" -- Acts 12:1-10, 18-21 (7th Sunday of Easter)
No Separation, Part 2 -- Acts 10 (6th Sunday of Easter)
No Separation -- Acts 8: 26-39 (5th Sunday of Easter)
Stretch Out Your Hand -- Acts 3:1-10, 4:23-31 (4th Sunday of Easter)
"Witnesses" -- Luke 24:36b-48 (Rev. Eric Beene, preaching; 3rd Sunday in Easter)
Life, Love, and Abounding Grace -- John 20:1-18; 21:15-19 (Easter Sunday)
Yes and No -- John 12:12-19, John 18:15-27 (Palm Sunday/ Passion Sunday)
The Time Peter Got It Right... and Then Didn't -- Matthew 16:13-25 (4th Sunday of Lent)
"Rescue Us from Danger" -- Matthew 14:22-33 (3rd Sunday in Lent)
Teach Us How to Find Forgiveness -- Matthew 18:15-22 (Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching; Second Sunday in Lent)
"Jesus Sought Me" -- Luke 5:1-11 (First Sunday in Lent)
When What Is Before Us Is Beyond Us -- Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration Sunday)
Quite a Full Day -- Mark 1:29-39 (5th Sunday After Epiphany)
The Sounds of God Calling -- 1 Samuel 3:1-20 (4th Sunday After Epiphany)
Glad News -- Psalm 40 (3rd Sunday After Epiphany) (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching)
"No Ways Tired" -- Exodus 17:1-11 (2nd Sunday After Epiphany)
World, Interrupted -- Mark 1:1-11 (Epiphany & Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
And Not Long After That Night -- Luke 2:22-40 (First Sunday of Christmas)
The Joy of That Night -- Luke 1:1-20 (4th Sunday of Advent; Christmas Eve)
"Joy Notwithstanding" -- Isaiah 61:1-11; Luke 1:46b-55 (Third Sunday of Advent)
"With Those Who Work or Watch or Weep" -- Mark 13:24-37 (1st Sunday of Advent)
"Who Do You Say I Am?" -- Isaiah 56:3-8 & Luke 9:18-20
A Place of Thanksgiving -- Psalm 78:1-8, Philippians 1:2-11 (Thanksgiving Sunday; 24th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Life We Live on Tuesday -- Matthew 23:1-12 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
"A Crowded Cosmos" -- Revelation 7:9-21 (All Saints' Sunday; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
Holy Questions - Lev. 19:1-2, 15-18, Matt. 22:34-45 (Rev. Dvera Hadden, preaching)
Life in a Body -- Romans 12:1-8 (21st Sunday After Pentecost
Who Will We Be? -- Philippians 4:4-14 (20th Sunday After Pentecost)
Somewhere Between Despair and Hope -- Jeremiah 12:10-13; Romans 8:18-27 (19th Sunday After Pentecost)
Companions on the Way -- Genesis 18:1-10; Matthew 20:1-16 (17th Sunday After Pentecost)
A People on the Move -- Lev. 19:1-4, 33-37; Matthew 2:23-33 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
"A Place for You Here" -- Romans 12:9-21 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
A Good Day's Work -- Matthew 14:13-21 (14th Sunday After Pentecost; Labor Day Weekend)
Singing the Songbook of Life -- Psalm 1 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
And What About Those Angry Psalms? -- Psalm 109 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
A Recipe for Spiritual Hydration -- Psalm 63 (Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching; 11th Sunday After Pentecost)
"My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?" -- Psalm 22 & Matthew 27:45-54 (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
So Help Me God -- Psalms 56 and 103 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
Fear and Faith -- Psalm 46; Mark 4:35-41 (Rev. Paul Gaffney, preaching; 8th Sunday After Pentecost)
"Sing a New Song" -- Psalms of Praise -- Psalms 146-150 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
Do We Really Want to Be Known? -- Psalm 139 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Psalms and the Nations -- Psalm 72 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Songs We Know by Heart -- Psalms 121 & 23 (Pride Sunday; 4th Sunday After Pentecost)
Psalms of Liberation -- Psalms 137 and 126 (Juneteenth & the 3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
Everyone. Everywhere. All the Time -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
In Every Bit of Creation -- Acts 17:22-31 (7th Sunday of Easter)
In the Worst of Times -- Acts 7:55-60 (5th Sunday of Easter)
"Share Everything" -- Acts 2:42-47 (4th Sunday of Easter)
In the Walking, Talking, and Breaking of Bread -- Luke 24:13-35 (3rd Sunday of Easter)
We Believe? -- John 20:19-31 (2nd Sunday of Easter, Patrick O'Connor preaching)
The End Is Not the End -- John 20:1-18 (Easter Sunday)
"Who Will You Follow?" -- Matthew 21:1-11 (Palm Sunday)
"Can These Bones Live?" -- Ezekiel 37:1-14 (5th Sunday in Lent)
"Who Sinned?" -- John 9 (4th Sunday of Lent; Patrick O'Connor, preaching)
"Will You Give Me a Drink of Water?" -- John 4 (Third Sunday of Lent)
How Do We Begin Again? -- Genesis 12:1-4a (2nd Sunday in Lent)
Sifting the Voices -- Matthew 4:1-11 (1st Sunday in Lent)
Transforming Awe -- Matthew 17:1-9 (Transfiguration Sunday)
And Then Some -- Matthew 5:17-18, 21-37 (6th Sunday of Epiphany)
Let Salt Be Salty -- Matthew 5:13-20 (5th Sunday of Epiphany)
A Brave New World -- Matthew 5:1-12 (4th Sunday of Epiphany)
"Follow Me to the Light" -- Matthew 4:12-23 (Third Sunday of Epiphany)
What Would You Give? -- Mark 10:17-31 (2nd Sunday of Epiphany)
Setting Intentions -- Matthew 2:1-12 (Epiphany Sunday)
Let It Be -- John 1:1-14 (New Year's Day; 2nd Sunday in Christmas)
The Heartbeat of God -- Luke 2:8-20 (Christmas Day)
The Nights Before Christmas -- Luke 1 & 2 (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
Freedom Comes in the Night -- Exodus 12:31-37, 40-42 (Second Sunday in Advent)
Hope of a Starlit Night -- Matthew 24:36-44 (First Sunday in Advent)
In Good Times and Not So Good -- Leviticus 23:33-34, 39-43; Psalm 136 (Thanksgiving Sunday)
A Discernment Lifestyle -- Matthew 7:7-8, Psalm 63:1-5 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost), Rev. Marissa Danney, preaching
"How Long and High and Wide and Deep" -- Ephesians 1:11-23, 3:14-21 (All Saints Sunday)
"To Embrace" -- Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4 (Reformation Sunday; Rev. Eric Beene, preaching)
Praying Our Need for God -- Luke 18:9-14 (20th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Persistence of Hunger -- Luke 17:20-21, 18:1-8 (19th Sunday After Pentecost; World Food Day)
Glimpsing the Glory of God -- 2 Corinthians 3:1-6,12-18 (Deacons Sunday; 18th Sunday After Pentecost)
"Among You As One Who Serves" -- Luke 15:1-10; 22:14-17 (17th Sunday After Pentecost)
We Say Ouch -- Jeremiah 8:18-9:1 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
Creation Says Ouch! -- Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Work That Is Ours to Do -- Philemon 1-22 (13th Sunday After Pentecost; Labor Day Weekend)
Give Up Your Seat -- Luke 14:1,7-14 (Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost)
But There's a Rule -- Luke 13:10-17 (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
When Worlds Collapse -- Isaiah 5:1-7 (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
A Good Day -- Luke 22:14-27 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Rhythm of Do and Rest -- Luke 10:25-42 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
Resting Our Faith on Solid Ground -- 1 Samuel 2:1-10 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
Healing in the Small Things -- 2 Kings 5:1-14 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Travel Light -- Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
Living at the Intersection of Freedom & Power -- 1 Samuel 8:1-22: Galatians 5 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
Living an Imperfect Life Well -- Galatians 5:1-2, 13-25 (3rd Sunday After Pentecost)
And They Were Afraid -- 1 Kings 19:1-5, 8-15a and Luke 8:26-39 (Rev. Dvera Hadden preaching, 2nd Sunday After Pentecost)
Liberating Resurrection -- Acts 16:16-34 (7th Sunday in Easter)
"Welcome In" -- Acts 16:9-15, Acts 9:36-43 (6th Sunday in Easter)
In Christ Together -- Acts 9:1-20 (5th Sunday in Easter)
The Overflow of Life -- Revelation 7:9-17 (4th Sunday of Easter)
The Smell of Love Cooking -- John 21:1-12 (3rd Sunday of Easter)
The Case for Thomas -- John 20:19-31 (2nd Sunday of Easter)
An Expansive Life -- Luke 24: 1-10 (Easter Sunday)
Full to the Brim - Even the Stones Will Shout -- Luke 19:28-40 (Palm/Passion Sunday)
Full to the Brim -- Are You Aware? -- John 12:1-8 (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
Full to the Brim -- A Prodigal Grace - Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 (4th Sunday in Lent)
Full to the Brim -- A Fig Tree in the Vineyard - Luke 13:1-9 (3rd Sunday in Lent)
Full to the Brim - Like a Mother Sheltering Her Brood -- Psalm 27: Luke 13:31-35 (2nd Sunday in Lent)
Full to the Brim - Even in the Desert -- Luke 4:1-11; Deuteronomy 26:1-11 (1st Sunday in Lent)
Full to the Brim -- "With All That You Are" -- Joel 2 (Ash Wednesday)
"Death in a Tenured Position" -- Mark 10:17-27 (Transfiguration Sunday)
The Threshold of the Moment -- Genesis 45:1-15 (7th Sunday After Epiphany)
The Threshold of Blessing & Woe -- Luke 6:17-26 (Sixth Sunday After Epiphany)
The Threshold of Forgiveness -- 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany)
The Threshold of Calling -- Jeremiah 1:4-10 (Fourth Sunday After Epiphany)
The Threshold of the Body -- 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 (Third Sunday After Epiphany)
The Threshold of Trouble -- Luke 4:14-30 (Second Sunday After Epiphany; MLK Sunday)
The Threshold of Belonging -- Luke 3:2-18 (First Sunday After Epiphany; Baptism of Jesus)
The Threshold of a New Year -- Matthew 2:1-12 (2nd Sunday of Christmas; Epiphany Sunday)
A Song of Christmas -- Luke 2:21-52 (First Sunday of Christmas)
Monologues adapted from Carol Howard Merritt's "I Am Mary" (Fourth Sunday in Advent)
The Call of Mary -- Luke 1:26-38 (First Sunday of Advent)
"Rejoice and Give Thanks" -- Philippians 4:4-9 (Thanksgiving Homily)
"A New Song" -- Psalm 96 (Reign of Christ Sunday; Patrick O'Connor preaching)
The Generosity of Generations -- Hebrews 11 (All Saints Sunday)
"With Glad and Generous Hearts" -- Acts 2:42-47, Deuteronomy 5:1-11 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
The Lion Is the Lamb -- Revelation 5:1-14 (Calvin Sodestrom, preaching) (22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
Gracious Gleaning -- Ruth 2:1-16 (21st Sunday After Pentecost)
Perspectives of Human Nature -- Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 22:14; Mark 10: 21-22 (Rev. Ruth T. West, preaching) (20th Sunday After Pentecost)
"The Wisdom and Power of God" -- 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (World Communion Sunday)
"Wisdom Is More a Who Than a What" -- Proverbs 8 -- Woman Wisdom's Call (Eighteenth Sunday After Pentecost)
Words Unwise and Wise -- James 1:29, 3:1-13 (17th Sunday After Pentecost)
Wisdom in Action -- James 1:17-27 (Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost)
Working Wisdom -- A Panel Conversation on Work in the Time of COVID -- Ecclesiastes 3:1-13 (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Wisdom of Generations -- Proverbs 3 (Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost)
The Beginning of Wisdom -- 1 Kings 3:1-15 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
"For the Children" -- Luke 9:46-48 (Patrick O'Connor preaching) (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Welcoming Body of Christ -- Ephesians 4:1-16 (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Rhythm of Welcome -- John 6:24-35 (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
Unwelcome (Dis)Comfort -- 2 Samuel 11:1-15 (9th Sunday After Pentecost)
Welcoming God -- 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost)
Shake Off the Dust -- Mark 6:1-13 (Sixth Sunday After Pentecost)
How Love Shows Up -- 1 Sam. 17:57-18:5, 2 Sam. 1:1, 17-27 (5th Sunday After Pentecost; Pride Sunday)
God Chooses You -- 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 (Third Sunday After Pentecost)
Take the Call -- Exodus 3:4-14 (Second Sunday After Pentecost; Graduation Sunday)
What Happens Next -- Acts 2:42-3:10 (Trinity Sunday)
"Moments of Shared Witnessing" -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost Sunday)
Here We Go -- Acts 1:1-11 (Ascension Sunday)
Where Love Abides -- 1 John 4:7-21 (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
The Bread We Break -- Luke 24:13-35 (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
Be Bold -- Acts 14:1-4 (Ariel Mink, preaching) (Fourth Sunday of Easter)
Broiled Fish and Cinnamon Toast -- Luke 24:36b-48 (Third Sunday of Easter)
“Life, in Jesus’s Name” -- Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31 (Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, preaching) (Second Sunday of Easter)
The Blessing of Life -- Mark 16:1-8 (Easter Sunday)
The Blessing of Foolishness -- Mark 11:1-11 (Palm Sunday)
The Blessing of Tears to Shed -- Psalm 22 (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
The Blessing of a Name -- Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 (Patrick O'Connor preaching) (Fourth Sunday in Lent)
The Blessing of Anger -- John 2:13-22 (Third Sunday in Lent)
The Blessing of the Cross -- Mark 8:31-38 (Rev. Allie Utley preaching) (Second Sunday in Lent)
The Blessing of Discomfort -- Isaiah 58:1-12 (First Sunday in Lent)
The Blessing of Dust -- Psalm 103 (Ash Wednesday)
The Silence Between the Words -- Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration Sunday)
"The Real Presence of Christ" -- Mark 14:17-26 (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany)
Psalm 139: Seen & Known -- Rev Ashley DeTar Birt (Fourth Sunday in Epiphany)
"Together We Serve" -- John 1:35-51 (Third Sunday After Epiphany)
"Grace Abounds" -- Galatians 1:11-24 (Second Sunday of Epiphany; MLK Sunday)
The Words We Say -- "A Place for You Here" -- Mark 1:1-15 (First Sunday After Epiphany)
"This Is the Day" -- John 1:1-14; Psalm 118 (Second Sunday of Christmas & Sunday Before Epiphany)
Overlooking the Obvious -- 2 Peter 3:9-14 (Rev. Reginald Avant, preaching) (2nd Sunday in Advent)
"Light Dawns on a Weary World" -- Mark 13:24-37 (First Sunday of Advent)
Where Christ (the King) Stands -- Matthew 25:31-46 (Christ the King Sunday)
Stay Woke -- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Rev. Ruth T. West, preaching) (24th Sunday After Pentecost)
Steady On -- Matthew 7:24-29 & Psalm 46 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
The Hope of the Saints -- Deuteronomy 8:6-18 (All Saints Day; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
"The World Is Full of Wonderful Things" -- Philippians 4:4-8 (21st Sunday After Pentecost)
Still Amazed -- Matthew 22:15-22 (Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, preaching) (Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost)
What Kings Do -- Why Every Vote Matters -- 1 Samuel 8 (19th Sunday After Pentecost)
How Free People Live -- Exodus 20:1-4, 7-17 (The Ten Commandments) (18th Sunday After Pentecost)
Help from Above -- Psalm 121 (Rev. Yolanda Norton, preaching) ( 17th Sunday After Pentecost)
Long Haul Living -- Exodus 16:2-15 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
Sabbath, the Sequel -- Genesis 2:1-2, Mark 2:23-28 (Patrick O'Connor, preaching) (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
Belonging -- Acts 1:15-26 (Allie Utley, SFTS Interim Chaplain, preaching) (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
The Life We Create -- Romans 12:1-12 (Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost)
Co-Conspirators -- Exodus 1:8-2:10 (Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost)
Reclaiming Sabbath -- Genesis 2:1-3 & Exodus 20:8-11 (Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost)
God's Steadfast Intention for Good -- Genesis 45:1-15 (Tenth Sunday After Pentecost)
That Day When the Basket Came Round -- Matthew 14:13-21 (Ninth Sunday After Pentecost)
God Is Near (Jacob's Dream) -- Genesis 28:10-19 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost)
Sow Some Seeds -- Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 (Sixth Sunday After Pentecost)
For Freedom -- Galatians 5:1, 13-23 (Fifth Sunday After Pentecost)
Hagar's Lament -- Genesis 21:8-21 (Fourth Sunday After Pentecost)
"Is Anything Too Wonderful for God?" -- Genesis 18:1-15 (Third Sunday After Pentecost)
Together We Create -- Genesis 1 (Second Sunday After Pentecost)
Rivers and Roads -- Joshua 4:1-8 (Commencement Sunday)
Pentecost Portents -- Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost)
The Complexity of Doors -- Acts 12:1-19 (Sixth Sunday in Easter)
Providing Community -- 2 Kings 4:1-7 (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
"Life from Behind Closed Doors," Noah & the Ark -- Genesis 7:24-8:22 (Fifth Sunday in Easter)
Who We Hope to Be -- Acts 2:42-47 (Fourth Sunday in Easter)
Stitch by Stitch -- Acts 9:36-42 (Third Sunday in Easter)
The Case for Thomas -- John 20:19-29 (Second Sunday of Easter)
Yet More Life -- John 20:1-18 (Easter Sunday)
A Healing, Holy Week -- Matthew 21:1-11; Psalm 31:9-16 (Palm Sunday)
Healing Community -- John 11, the story of the raising of Lazarus (Fifth Sunday in Lent)
Healing Words: Praying in Hard Times -- James 5:13-16 (Fourth Sunday in Lent)
Healing Relationships -- John 4:5-26 (Third Sunday in Lent)
"Healing Our Image of God" -- John 3:1-17 (Second Sunday in Lent)
In the Desert, a Healing Spring -- Isaiah 58:1-12 (First Sunday in Lent)
"Always, We Begin Again" -- Psalm 51 (Ash Wednesday)
The Wonder of Wonder -- Matthew 17:1-9 (Transfiguration Sunday)
"Live As If" -- Romans 8:22-27 (on living in a time of climate emergency)
Get Up and Go -- 1 Kings 19:1-15a
The Work of Dismantling -- Amos 5:18-24 (MLK Day Observance)
"The 200-Year Present" -- Matthew 1:1-8, 16-17 & 3:13-17 (Baptism of Jesus)
Light for the Next Step -- Matthew 2:1-12 (Epiphany)
The Songs That Set Us Free -- Luke 1:39-56 (Mary's Magnificat)
The Silence Before the Song -- Luke 1:68-79
How Jesus Is King -- Luke 23:33-43 (Christ the King Sunday)
Finding Our Voice, Telling Our Story -- Luke 21:5-19
No Marriage in the Resurrection
Crowded Table
The Main Thing
The Parable and the Planet
Loved, Precious, Sought-After
Choose Life
My Labor, My Work, My Ministry 2019
Six Great Ends of the Church: 6. The Exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the World
Six Great Ends of the Church: 5. The Promotion of Social Righteousness
Six Great Ends of the Church: 4. The Preservation of Truth
Six Great Ends of the Church: 3. The Maintenance of Divine Worship
A Place in the World
Six Great Ends of the Church: 1. The Proclamation of the Gospel for the Salvation of Humankind
The Good Samaritan
Pack Light
Picking Up the Mantle
Our Abode in the Spirit--Rev. Douglas Olds
"Grazing on Ashes" by Rev. Douglas Olds
Feed My Sheep
Easter People
Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Forgive Us Our What, Now?
Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread
Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will Be Done on Earth
Changed from Glory into Glory
Do Unto Others
The Rule of Love
Mission Statement
We Are Beloved
The Other Christmas Story
"Failing Nature's Trust" 12/30/18 sermon by Rev. Douglas Olds
Make Room for the Unexpected (2)
Woven Together
Hallelujah!
Done Being Quiet
Let Them Come
Was God Involved?
Afraid to Ask
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Created for Community: Their Welfare, Our Welfare
Created for Community: Who Is My Neighbor?
Created for Community: Be Angry, But Do Not Sin
Created for Community: Speaking the Truth in Love
Working Miracles
The Unity in Community
Created for Community: The Wisdom of Eyes and Feet
Created for Community: Calculating Privilege, Abusing Power
From Fear to Faith
What Do You Do When the Old No Longer Works and the New Has Not Arrived?
REST
Here Is the Water
I Shall Not Want
Breakfast on the Beach
The News from San Anselmo 2018
The Practice of Resurrection
The Practice of Journeying
Practicing Storytelling
The Practice of Listening to God in Nature
Praying with Eyes Open
The Practice of Paying Attention
A Deserted Place
Confrontation
God Always Loves Us More
Choosing God's Voice
Accept That You Are Accepted
Let It Be
What Does God Want?
The Center Cannot Hold
When Did We Welcome You...?
Sowing Bountifully
How to Wait
To Be Human
Things that are God's
Tenants
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By What Authority?
What's Fair?
Forgiving Is Hard (Do It Anyway)
Where Two or Three Are Gathered
My Labor, My Work, My Ministry 2017
The Summer of Love: A Change of Heart
The Summer of Love: The Broken-Open Heart
The Summer of Love: Home Is Where the Heart Is
The Summer of Love: Doing Love
The Summer of Love: Love Your Enemies
The Summer of Love: Crazy in Love
The Summer of Love: The Love That Pursues Us
The Summer of Love: Your Neighbor As Yourself
The Summer of Love: Tough Love
In the Beginning
A Pause to Prepare
Bring Christ
Marin's Best Kept Secret
Day by Day
The News from San Anselmo 2017
We Rise
Peace March
We Can Do Hard Things
Fear No Evil
O That You Would Listen
With Whom Do You Cry?
Trying to Fill a God-Shaped Hole
How Do We Love Our Enemies?
It's All About Relationship
What Does It Mean to Follow Jesus?
When Only a Sad Song Will Do
In Folks Like Us
We All Have Questions: What's the Difference Between God's Forgiveness and Our Forgiveness?
We All Have Questions: What Is God's Will?
We All Have Questions: Should the Church Be "Political"?
We All Have questions: Why Worship?
We All Have Questions: What Do We Believe About Other Faiths?
We All Have Questions: What Is the Bible?
We All Have Questions: Where Is the Holy Spirit?
We All Have Questions: Why Do We Pray?
We All Have Questions: Doubt with a Cherry On Top
A Conversation with Hina Khan-Mukhtar
O Blessed Communion
Jesus Stood Still
To Serve
When God Is Silent
The Good Wife
Why Is This in the Bible?
Thin Places
If Only
Speaking Truth
David's Folly
David's Dance
"What Will Survive of Us is Love"
David & Goliath
As God Sees
Give Us a King
Trinity Mystery
Dream Dreams
No Partiality
Bearing Fruit
Abundant Life
We Had Hoped...
The News from San Anselmo 2015
Who Will Roll Away the Stone for Us?
Daily Resurrections: Waving Palms
Daily Resurrection: Seeing Jesus
Daily Resurrection: Before and After
Daily Resurrection: Losing to Find
Daily Resurrection: Time’s Up!
Transfigure…what?
Chameleons for Christ?
Choosing Community
What Does It Mean to "Trust God"?
Speak, Lord
Claim the Grace
The Light Shines in the Darkness
Adopted as Heirs
Expect Something New: Do Not Be Afraid
Saints Aren't Perfect
Be Still...
Bearing Fruit in a Season of Drought
A Quiet Mind + A Hopeful Heart = Joy
The Purpose of Freedom
Forgiveness
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Amazing Grace
Where Two or More Are Gathered
My Labor, My Work, My Ministry
The Keys of the Kingdom
Heal Thyself
The Kingdom Come Person
Real Hope
The Pearl of Great Price
With Unveiled Faces
From Depth of Soil
The Go-To Psalm
Singing Witnesses
The News from San Anselmo 2014
Vulnerable Love: Seeing the Lord
The Word Proclaimed
Vulnerable Love: Lazarus
Vulnerable Love: The Man Born Blind
Vulnerable Love: The Woman at the Well
Vulnerable Love: Rend Your Hearts
Loving Your Enemies
Beyond the Law
Salt and Light
Do, Love, Walk
Is the Kingdom Still Near?
Worthy
In the Darkness...Grace
Be Still and Know...Good News and Great Joy
Be Still and Know.. Dreams and Decisions
"Be Still and Know...What the Messiah Looks Like"
Magnificat
Be Still and Know...Peace
First Fruits
God's Holy Mountain
Living the Questions
Saint Zacchaeus
Wow
Why We Start with the "Why"
Bloom Where You're Planted
Mustard Seed Faith
Investing in the Future
Is There a Balm in Gilead?
A Lost Coin
Reworking the Clay
Christian Vocation Sunday
Set Free
Triennium's I AM's
Hurry Up and Wait!
"Windfall"
Getting What We Want
"Of One Thing There Is A Need"
The Neighbor
Principle First, Money Afterwards
Legions of Fear
Journey Toward Truth
...for he loves...
On This New Day
Reflections: A Cacophony of Voices
Benedictories
Letting Loose
By This Everyone Will Know
All the Days of My Life
Turn in the Road
The News from San Anselmo
What Does Easter Mean This Year?
"Parade of Hope"
"Fragrant"
"Steadfast Love"
The Quality of Mercy
"As a Hen Gathers"
Tested
Always More Hill
Love: Not Just for Weddings
Fulfilled Presently
Who Did That?
Blending with the Crowd
By Another Road
Our Second Home
Christmas Peace: Peace on Earth
Misa Criolla (Creole Mass) - Chancel Choir and Folk Ensemble
Christmas Peace: Prepare the Way
Christmas Peace: The Days Are Surely Coming
The Reign of Christ
The God of Joy and Pleasure
The Meaning of a Small Act
Not Far Now
God is God* (*and We Are Not)
Healing Story
A Higher Standard
For Such a Time as This
Arguing with Success
Whose Daily Bread
Learning Curve
My Labor, My Work, My Ministry
Sing a New Song: The Doxology
Sing A New Song: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness"
Sing a New Song: "God of Grace and God of Glory
Sing a New Song: "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing"
Sing a New Song: "Here I Am, Lord"
Sing a New Song: "Jesus Loves Me"
Sing a New Song: "Holy, Holy, Holy"
Sing a New Song: "Simple Gifts"
Sing a New Song: "Our God, Our Help in Ages Past
Sing a New Song: "Amazing Grace"
Sing a New Song: "Now Thank We All Our God
Gabriel Faure's "Requiem"
Send Me, Right?
"That's the Spirit!" - Pentecost
"Children and the Kingdom of God"
Even on Them, Even on Us
Divine Love
Good Shepherding
Getting Real
Holy Humor Sunday
Wings Like Eagles