Majoring on the Minors Habakkuk: How Long, O Lord, How Long? Habakkuk 1:1-4 and 3:17-19 August 4, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church How long, O Lord, how long? How long will cancer ravage the bodies of people we love? How long will this sense of despair hang over me? ...
As someone responsible for the care and safety of children, I am bewildered that we have to once again address the issue of gun violence, shaken after waking to the news of not one, but two mass shootings. The unfortunate reality is that we MUST provide...
Last week I wrote about the phrase “a new normal” and how it has unceremoniously (and without invitation) dumped itself into my life. This week I want to continue my “phraseology” theme by considering what it means to “stay in my own lane.” We all know...
Majoring on the Minors Nahum Who? Nahum 1:1-15 July 28, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church This morning we come to the seventh of the twelve Minor Prophets we are studying this summer, and if you’ve been waiting for a guy who seems full of hell, fire, and brimstone,...
A“new normal.” Are you familiar with that phrase? I seem to have become intimately acquainted with it in recent months, far more than I would have preferred. The lab report comes back positive. Big new words are spoken, a diagnosis received, shock absorbed. There was life...
Majoring on the Minors Micah: From Great to Good Micah 6:1-8 July 21, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church [audio m4a="https://calvarypres.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/July-21-2019-Sermon.m4a"][/audio] In 2001, business and leadership writer Jim Collins wrote a bestselling book titled Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t. Collins conducted research on eleven...
One of the truisms of life is that to achieve anything of significance, consistency is required over a long period of time. To be in good shape physically, we have to maintain a regular exercise regimen and make healthy food choices not just for one...
Majoring on the Minors The Jonah Soundtrack Jonah 3:10-4:11 July 14, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church As we continue our summer sermon series on the Minor Prophets, we come this morning to the one prophet out of the twelve that we’ve likely all heard of—the prophet Jonah. Because Jonah...
Water is an integral part of summer. Kids splashing in the neighborhood pool; fishing and boating; slip-n-slides and water parks; beach vacations; “noodles” and boogie boards; jet skis and water skis; watering parched plants and parched bodies. As both necessity and pleasure, water is a...
Majoring on the Minors Obadiah: Family Feud Romans 12:1-5 and Obadiah 11-15 July 7, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church One of the great ironies of human love and relationships is that we experience the greatest hurt from those who are closest to us. The deepest emotional wounds are rarely...