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...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Lust/Self-Control: Bridled Passion 1 Kings 11:1-5 and Ephesians 4:17-24 January 27, 2019 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Last week we began our sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins and Seven Lively Virtues by looking at pride and humility. This morning we consider the deadly sin...
Seven Deadly Sins/Seven Lively Virtues Pride/Humility: Everybody Acts Medium Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-5 and Philippians 2:3-8 January 20, 2019] Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church This morning we begin a new sermon series on the Seven Deadly Sins and the seven corresponding Lively Virtues. It was Pope Gregory, in 590 A.D., who compiled...
A Camel on the Roof Isaiah 60:1-6 and Matthew 2:1-12 January 6, 2019 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church We begin this morning with a story from the lives of the saints—the saints of Islam, that is. This story concerns a king of Balkh which is now northern Afghanistan. The...
Matthew 1:18-25 and Matthew 5:38-48 December 30, 2018 M. Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Thirty years ago, a film was released based on the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit. It is a six-hour epic in two parts. The two parts don’t follow in sequence, telling the first and second...
Advent: A Time to Repent Isaiah 40:1-11 and Matthew 3:1-10 December 9, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church The road, the water, the fire and the axe: four powerful symbols set the scene for where the story of Jesus really starts. Think for a minute of a familiar sight in...
A Time to Watch Matthew 13:24-35 and 24:36-44 December 2, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church ‘Tis the season! Exactly which season depends on who you ask. For some people, the season of love and joy, peace and hope has begun. This is “the most wonderful time of the year,”...
The Question Jesus Doesn’t Answer Christ the King Sunday Revelation 1:4-8 and John 18:33-37 November 25, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church Have you ever considered how many questions we live with that are impossible to answer? When does it stop being partly cloudy and start being partly sunny? Which baby...
Exuberant Praise Psalm 111 November 18, 2018 Michelle Fincher Calvary Presbyterian Church On Thursday people all across the country will gather around dining tables that will be laden with turkey and dressing, gravy and cranberry sauce, green beans and corn pudding and bofrots, pumpkin and pecan pies, and potatoes that...