Overcoming Giants, Living the Promise Numbers 13:1-3, 17-33 October 21, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Every once in a while, it is good to take stock of one’s life—to think about where we are, how we got here, where we’ve come from and where we’re going. Some people do...
Last week I was RAK’D, and it made quite an impression on me. Not familiar with being a RAK recipient? Let me explain…. Last month my family did a three-way car swap. As part of the intra-family horse-trading, my mother and brother drove a vehicle from...
Calvary Presbyterian Church, October 7, 2018 Gene Kendall, Jr I remember it like it was yesterday, the visual and emotional memories were burned into my amygdala. On Thanksgiving morning, 43 years ago, with my 4 other siblings home from college for the holiday, my mother told us...
Have you ever been overwhelmed by a task before you? Have you ever felt certain you lacked the skills to do the job you’ve been given? Have you ever left a role you felt capable of for an unknown and uncomfortable future? Have you ever...
Tomorrow we will live out our faith by worshiping through serving our community. Twice a year, Calvary gathers at our normal time and place, Sunday, 10:00 a.m., for “Be the Kingdom Sunday.” We show up in jeans and tennis shoes, wearing Presbyterian-blue Calvary t-shirts. After...
No matter how or when it happens, the news of someone taking his or her own life is shocking and horrifying. As a society, we have made important strides in mental health education and treatment, but suicide remains greatly stigmatized and misunderstood. The recent deaths...
Lessons from the Vineyard John 15:1-8 September 23, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church When it comes to wine, even most novices know that the French have a long history of vintage winemaking and have provided the names for some of the world’s best-known varieties of vino. Champagne, Bordeaux,...
It is finally here. After two and a half years of praying, planning, raising money, moving and washing pipes, pursuing county permits, enduring the noise and inevitable mess of renovations and converting the balcony to a pipe chamber, and overcoming numerous obstacles and setbacks, this...
The “S” Factor John 14:15-17, 25-27 and 16:4b-15 September 16, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church What is your favorite kind of vacation? For some people who live a long distance from their relatives, vacations are all about going home, seeing loved ones and reconnecting with the people and places...
On Tuesday I awoke with a start, realizing it was the 17th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Seventeen years. Enough time for a baby born that year to now be a high school graduate. Enough time that for most people, life is very...