First Presbyterian Church of San Anselmo Podcast
1) Welcome Sinners, Tax Collectors, and Pharisees! -- Luke 15:1-10 (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
Jesus rejects the world’s separations and the “politics of disgust,” and insists that we welcome everyone to the table of community and shared power.
2) A Time to Let Go, and a Time to Embrace -- Luke 14:15-23 (13th Sunday After Pentecost)
During “ordinary time” we walk with Jesus through the ordinary days of his life, just as he walks with us through the ordinary days of ours. Jesus invites us to see things as they are, to let go of at...Show More
3) "Bless Thou the Handling of Our Hands" -- Luke 13:10-17 (12th Sunday After Pentecost)
In his healing hands, Jesus sets the whole world free. In the work of our hands, God’s handiwork can come to life, as well.
4) From Branches to Blessing -- Luke 19:1-10 (Chaplain Chitoka Webb, preaching) (11th Sunday After Pentecost)
What is hindering you from living into the grace-filled economy of Jesus?
5) Is This What the Path to Peace Looks Like? -- Luke 12:49-56; Rev. Bev Brewster preaching (10th Sunday After Pentecost)
6) Come, Jesus, Come -- Revelation 22: 1-5, 16-21 (8th Sunday After Pentecost)
Revelation invites us to say Amen to God’s sovereignty in Jesus Christ, creating a new heaven and new earth, right now and forever. Amen – so be it in me, so be it in us. Come, Jesus, Come. Let today ...Show More
7) The Wild Hope of Imagination -- Revelation 21:1-7, 15-24 (7th Sunday After Pentecost)
In the apocalyptic imagination, God gives us a wild and lively vision of a world to inhabit now. The old order of things has come to an end. Behold God’s new heaven and new earth. Live it now.
8) On Being Lukewarm -- Revelation 3:7-22 (6th Sunday After Pentecost)
Power-over wants us to stay quiet and lukewarm. That's how power stays in power. In the complexity of life, God is near, encouraging and empowering us to stand where we know we ought to stand.
9) Pause, Refresh, Reset -- Philippians 4:4-8 (5th Sunday After Pentecost)
At the midpoint of the year, we pause to refresh and reset, returning to the 7 spiritual practices that ground us in the new thing God is doing in every new day.
10) "The One upon the Throne -- Revelation 1:4-8, 5:11-14 (4th Sunday After Pentecost)
The wild hope of our imagination finds its sure footing in Jesus Christ, the one who enters into the deep suffering of the world and is sovereign from there.