Scott Clark May 2 9 min The Bread We Break -- Luke 24:13-35 (Fifth Sunday of Easter) In the bread we break, the Risen Christ makes us bread for the world.
Scott Clark Apr 25 9 min Be Bold -- Acts 14:1-4 (Ariel Mink, preaching) (Fourth Sunday of Easter) We are Easter people, called and empowered through the Risen Christ to live out our faith and challenge the powers that oppress.
Scott Clark Apr 18 9 min Broiled Fish and Cinnamon Toast -- Luke 24:36b-48 (Third Sunday of Easter) In stories of broiled fish and cinnamon toast: Resurrection is an everyday, embodied experience of the Risen Christ, embodied in us.
Scott Clark Apr 11 7 min “Life, in Jesus’ Name” -- Acts 4:32-35; John 20:19-31 (Rev. Dr. Aimee Moiso, preaching) Resurrection opens up the power of life to overturn death and its forces, and the choice to center ourselves in that reality.
Scott Clark Apr 4 8 min The Blessing of Life -- Mark 16:1-8 (Easter Sunday) In Resurrection, the Risen Christ blesses us with life, and invites us to go and tell the story with the lives we live
Scott Clark Mar 28 10 min The Blessing of Foolishness -- Mark 11:1-11 (Palm Sunday) In Palm Sunday, the cross, and the empty tomb, Jesus blesses the world by declaring a new reality with his body.
Scott Clark Mar 21 9 min The Blessing of Tears to Shed -- Psalm 22 (Fifth Sunday in Lent) God blesses us with tears to shed with each other, the presence of God in the midst of our suffering.
Scott Clark Mar 14 8 min The Blessing of a Name -- Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 (Patrick O'Connor preaching) (Fourth Sunday in Lent) In the blessing of a name, God claims us as God's own; and in our names for God, we use metaphor to offer glimpses of what we see of God.
Scott Clark Mar 7 9 min The Blessing of Anger -- John 2:13-22 (Third Sunday in Lent) In the blessing of anger, Jesus takes a stance against everything that does us harm, and invites us into Resurrection life.
Scott Clark Feb 22 9 min The Blessing of Discomfort -- Isaiah 58:1-12 (First Sunday in Lent) God blesses us with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships so that we might live deeply and from the heart.
Scott Clark Feb 21 2 min Prayers for the Week of February 21, 2021 -- Blessing for the Journey Please join us in the prayers prayed in worship this Sunday, February 21, 2021. This Lenten season, we are embracing the theme "Blessing...
Scott Clark Feb 18 6 min The Blessing of Dust -- Psalm 103 (Ash Wednesday) On Ash Wednesday, we remember that we are dust and that God’s steadfast love endures forever. What will we make of the dust of our lives?
Scott Clark Feb 14 9 min The Silence Between the Words -- Mark 9:2-9 (Transfiguration Sunday) Transfiguration brings us to the place where the words run out, and invites us into the holy experience of silence.
Scott Clark Feb 7 8 min "The Real Presence of Christ" -- Mark 14:17-26 (Fifth Sunday After Epiphany) In communion, we embody the real presence of Christ. The real presence of Christ is not complete without you.
Scott Clark Jan 24 10 min "Together We Serve" -- John 1:35-51 (Third Sunday After Epiphany) The Word becomes flesh as Jesus calls us into community – and we call each other – “Together We Serve.”
Scott Clark Jan 17 11 min "Grace Abounds" -- Galatians 1:11-24 (Second Sunday of Epiphany; MLK Sunday) Grace calls those who have participated in the harm to change, and then invites them to participate in the healing.
Scott Clark Jan 10 10 min The Words We Say -- "A Place for You Here" -- Mark 1:1-15 (First Sunday After Epiphany) Claimed as God’s beloved in baptism, Jesus calls us to the work of making manifest in our lives the life-giving, life-honoring reign of God.
Scott Clark Jan 4 10 min "This Is the Day" -- John 1:1-14; Psalm 118 (Second Sunday of Christmas & Sunday Before Epiphany) Always, as we begin again, Christ manifests God’s Word in us.
Martha Joyce Dec 28, 2020 4 min "A New Name Springs Forth" Today's sermon was preached by Rev. Marissa Danney, hospital chaplain and chaplain educator at UCSF and friend of this congregation....
Scott Clark Dec 22, 2020 6 min "The Longest Night of the Year" -- Luke 2:8-19 (4th Sunday in Advent) In Advent, a weary world waits and hopes through the longest nights for the coming of the light of Christ.
