First Presbyterian Church Of San Anselmo
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Sinopse
Join us as each week as we explore and practice what it means to express God's love for the world. First Presbyterian is an inclusive congregation located in the heart of Marin County, California. We are a church that feels called to love one another, express gratitude, ease suffering, and work for justice.
Episódios
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Overlooking the Obvious -- 2 Peter 3:9-14 (Rev. Reginald Avant, preaching) (2nd Sunday in Advent)
09/12/2020 Duração: 21minAdvent hope brings with it this question: Who do you want to be when Christ comes?
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"Light Dawns on a Weary World" -- Mark 13:24-37 (First Sunday of Advent)
29/11/2020 Duração: 20minThis Sunday, we begin our Advent theme: "Light Dawns on a Weary World." In the dawning of Christ’s new day, Jesus invites us to keep on watching – watching out for ourselves and each other, watching for what God is doing in the world, watching for the work that is ours to do.
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Where Christ (the King) Stands -- Matthew 25:31-46 (Christ the King Sunday)
22/11/2020 Duração: 19minThe kingdom of God is like an ICU nurse. Christ the King stands in power and tender mercy with those whose backs are up against the wall, and brings about Christ’s reign of justice, healing, and peace.
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Stay Woke -- 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 (Rev. Ruth T. West, preaching) (24th Sunday After Pentecost)
15/11/2020 Duração: 19minIn Paul's letter to the Thessalonians, we hear a call to stay woke, to see what we see, and to be changed for good.
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Steady On -- Matthew 7:24-29 & Psalm 46 (23rd Sunday After Pentecost)
08/11/2020 Duração: 19minAmid the storm, what we are doing here is building the house of our lives on the sure and steady foundation of God’s love for us in Jesus Christ. Hope is what we do every morning when we rise with the day and say, “We can do this.”
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The Hope of the Saints -- Deuteronomy 8:6-18 (All Saints Day; 22nd Sunday After Pentecost)
01/11/2020 Duração: 19minIn the communion of the saints, our memory of life with God yesterday points us to where and how we might find our way to life today and tomorrow – not just for us, but for our children and our grandchildren, and for all the generations yet to come.
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"The World Is Full of Wonderful Things" -- Philippians 4:4-8 (21st Sunday After Pentecost)
25/10/2020 Duração: 15minEven in the midst of a troublous world, standing in the unshakeoffable love of Jesus Christ, we affirm: "The world is full of wonderful things."
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Still Amazed -- Matthew 22:15-22 (Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, preaching) (Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost)
20/10/2020 Duração: 17minThe Pharisees and Herodians try to trap Jesus with a question about paying taxes to the Emperor. Jesus surprises us with a life-giving both/and when we’re preparing for an artificial yes or no. We follow One who sees the trap coming, unmasks the hypocrisy, and still sends the questioners away with new things to think about. The Resurrected One has the power to turn our traps and tricks into astonishment and newness.
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What Kings Do -- Why Every Vote Matters -- 1 Samuel 8 (19th Sunday After Pentecost)
12/10/2020 Duração: 21minIn an election year, we stand at the intersection of faith and public life, and consider the danger of tyranny and systemic racism, the promise of the right to vote, efforts to suppress that right, and our power to make a difference. In God’s sovereignty, God honors our agency to choose, inviting and empowering us to participate in God’s re-making of the world.
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How Free People Live -- Exodus 20:1-4, 7-17 (The Ten Commandments) (18th Sunday After Pentecost)
04/10/2020 Duração: 21minThis sermon looks at the Ten Commandments as (1) an expression of how free people live, (2) a trust document, and (3) a law called love. Then, thinking of the Ten Commandments particularly as a trust document (an expression of accountability), we ask, "How have we done by Breonna Taylor and her family?" How can we better live into freedom, trust, and love?
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Help from Above -- Psalm 121 (Rev. Yolanda Norton, preaching) ( 17th Sunday After Pentecost)
27/09/2020 Duração: 17minPsalm 121 sustains us on the journey with (1) the open possibility of a question, (2) confession of our own reality (the best and the worst of it), and (3) a blessing and a breath. And then, Rev. Yolanda Norton blesses us with this: “Be the muddy river that accumulates all of the things that God has created and shines in the midst of it.”
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Long Haul Living -- Exodus 16:2-15 (16th Sunday After Pentecost)
20/09/2020 Duração: 21minFreed from Egypt, out in the desert, the Hebrew people grumble because there is no food and they are hungry. God listens, and provides manna in the morning. In the long-haul of a wilderness journey, God provides enough, each day, for the living of these days.
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Sabbath, the Sequel -- Genesis 2:1-2, Mark 2:23-28 (Patrick O'Connor, preaching) (15th Sunday After Pentecost)
13/09/2020 Duração: 16minIn the gift of Sabbath, God invites us into the practice of compassion, and to ask, “What is it that my soul craves in this moment?”
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Belonging -- Acts 1:15-26 (Allie Utley, SFTS Interim Chaplain, preaching) (14th Sunday After Pentecost)
08/09/2020 Duração: 15minIn the body of Christ, we find our belonging and our calling.
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The Life We Create -- Romans 12:1-12 (Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost)
31/08/2020 Duração: 21minThe love that God has embodied for us in Jesus Christ comes to life now in us – in our bodies – in the life we create.
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Co-Conspirators -- Exodus 1:8-2:10 (Twelfth Sunday After Pentecost)
23/08/2020 Duração: 25minGod breathes with us and calls us to become co-conspirators to set the whole world free. Being a "co-conspirator" requires that we listen with humility to those who have been harmed most, and put something at risk for the life and the well-being and the freedom of others.
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Reclaiming Sabbath -- Genesis 2:1-3 & Exodus 20:8-11 (Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost)
16/08/2020 Duração: 21minIn the practice of Sabbath, God invites us to rest in the presence of our Creator, and experience the gifts of balance, time to refocus, and resistance to anxiety and commodity-driven oppression.
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God's Steadfast Intention for Good -- Genesis 45:1-15 (Tenth Sunday After Pentecost)
09/08/2020 Duração: 22minIn the story of Joseph and his brothers, we see God's providential love at work: Beyond the reality of our decisions and misdirected intention, God intends for us our ultimate good, and accompanies us along the way there.
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That Day When the Basket Came Round -- Matthew 14:13-21 (Ninth Sunday After Pentecost)
03/08/2020 Duração: 23minIn the much-told story of the miracle of the loaves and fish, when the disciples think there's not enough to feed the crowds, Jesus says: "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat." In a world that feels scarce, Jesus empowers us to create capacity in community.
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God Is Near (Jacob's Dream) -- Genesis 28:10-19 (Seventh Sunday After Pentecost)
19/07/2020 Duração: 20minIn a fearful and anxious world, God is near. We consider this "nearness of God," looking to Jacob's dream of a ladder connecting heaven and earth, our own "pandemic dreams," and Celtic spirituality.