Peter: Four Steps Down the Mountain 2 Peter 1:16-19 and Matthew 17:1-9 April 7, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church What is the most afraid you have ever been? Some people can point to a specific time or place or event that caused genuine terror to result—something like a...
Peter: Bedrock or Stumbling Block? 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 and Matthew 16:21-28 March 31, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Welcome to the fourth Sunday of our Lenten series looking at the life of Simon Peter. If you’ll recall, when we left Jesus and the disciples last week, Peter was...
Peter Series: Keeper of the Keys Romans 12:1-8 and Matthew 16:13-20 March 24, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church For the past two weeks we have encountered Simon Peter and Jesus at a body of water, first as Jesus requisitioned Peter’s boat for his water-based pulpit and then in...
Peter series: Walking with Jesus in the Storm Psalm 85:8-13 and Matthew 14:22-36 March 17, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Imagine, if you will, a particularly long, exhausting, day. Work has been demanding and stressful. Perhaps you’ve struggled with a chronic health issue that has flared up again. ...
Peter Series: Call of a Fisherman John 1:35-42 and Luke 5:1-11 March 10, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Imagine, if you can, that hundreds of years, even a millennium or two from now people are talking about you. They have a record of things that you are...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Gluttony/Grace: From Gluttony to Grace Proverbs 23:1-9, 20-35 March 3, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church For the past several weeks we have been delving into a study of the Seven Deadly Sins and their corresponding Lively Virtues. We started with pride and humility and...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Greed/Charity: Gleaning Generosity Ruth 2:1-13 and Colossians 3:12-17 February 24, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church There is a highly contagious, potentially lethal epidemic sweeping our land. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. It’s called affluenza. Affluenza has been defined as “a painful, contagious, socially...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Anger/Patience: What Lies Beneath Genesis 4:1-8 and Ephesians 4:25-5:2 February 17, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church In my office is a book I read about a decade ago called Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership by Ruth Haley Barton. The author tells the story...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Sloth/Diligence: Just Do It 1 Samuel 2:12-17 and Philippians 3:7-16 February 10, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church The sloth is the world’s slowest mammal. Inhabiting the rain forests of Central and South America, the sharp claws of the sloth enable it to clamp on...
Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Lively Virtues Envy/Contentment: Green with Envy 1 Samuel 18:1-9 and Philippians 4:10-13 February 3, 2019 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church “Green with envy.” It’s a familiar phrase, but do you know where it comes from? It actually dates back to the 7th century when the poet Sappho...