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Sunday Sermons brought to you by First Presbyterian Church of Santa Monica


Episode Date
The Clapping - Genesis 11 - Rev. Tim Vance
May 31, 2026
The Face of Hope - Luke 24 + Jeremiah 29 - Rev. Dr. Grace Park
May 17, 2026
God is a Mother - Revelation 21:1-5 - Rev. Tim Vance
May 10, 2026
Ironic - Revelation 20:1-4 - Rev. Tim Vance
May 03, 2026
Tattooed Jesus - Revelation 19 - Rev. Tim Vance
Apr 26, 2026
Origin Stories (Plural) - Genesis 4-5 - Rev. Tim Vance
Apr 19, 2026
Doubt to Shout! - John 20
Apr 12, 2026
Easter Stories (Plural) - Mark 16
Apr 05, 2026
The Musical Meditation - Genesis 6-8
Mar 29, 2026
The Children - Genesis 6
Mar 22, 2026
We are the Clay - Isaiah 65
Mar 15, 2026
The Praying - Genesis 4
Mar 08, 2026
The Singing - Genesis 3
Mar 01, 2026
The Prelude - Genesis 3
Feb 22, 2026
The Voice of a Donkey - Numbers 22
Feb 15, 2026
What to do with Kings? Revelation 17
Feb 08, 2026
Too Much? Revelation 15
Feb 01, 2026
The Way of the Lamb - Revelation 14
Jan 25, 2026
The Second Monster - Revelation 13:11-18
Jan 18, 2026
The Christmas Dragon - Revelation 12
Jan 13, 2026
Beast from the Sea - Revelation 13:1-8
Jan 11, 2026
Light for a New Calendar - Rev. Suzanne Swartz
Jan 04, 2026
The Enduring Word in Song - Rev. Suzanne Swartz
Dec 28, 2025
Longest Night - Revelation 11:15-19
Dec 21, 2025
Negativity Bias - Revelation 11
Nov 30, 2025
I Do Not Know! Revelation 10
Nov 23, 2025
Falling Star - Revelation 9
Nov 16, 2025
Multiperspectivity - Revelation 8
Nov 09, 2025
Contrast - Revelation 7
Nov 02, 2025
The Game of Chess - Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Oct 26, 2025
The Wrath of the Lamb? Revelation 6:15-16
Oct 19, 2025
The Four Horsemen - Revelation 6
Oct 12, 2025
God's Transformation - Revelation 5
Oct 05, 2025
150th Anniversary Message - Genesis through Revelation
Sep 28, 2025
Hot, Cold, + Calm - Revelation 3 - 4
Sep 21, 2025
BILL-IEVE - Revelation 2-3
Sep 14, 2025
Apocalypse - Revelation 1
Sep 07, 2025
Table Manners - Luke 14:1, 7-14
Sep 04, 2025
Left-Handed - Matthew 25:34-40
Sep 02, 2025
Stained Glass - Matthew 5:14-16
Aug 19, 2025
The Organ - Isaiah 2:2-5
Aug 10, 2025
The Table - Matthew 26:17, 26-28
Aug 05, 2025
The Font - Matthew 3:13-17
Jul 29, 2025
The Pulpit - Nehemiah 8
Jul 23, 2025
Beyond the Bubble - Luke 10:25-37
Jul 22, 2025
What the World Needs Now - Matthew 5:13-16
Jul 22, 2025
Selah - Psalm 77
Jul 22, 2025
For God So Loved the Scapegoat, Part 4 - Mark 10
Jun 15, 2025
Affirming Sunday - Genesis 37
Jun 10, 2025
Minister of Energy [Pentecost] - Acts 2:1-13
Jun 08, 2025
For God So Loved the Scapegoat, Part 2 - Genesis 16 + 21
May 18, 2025
For God So Loved the Scapegoat - Genesis 4
May 11, 2025
Dropping Stones - John 7:53 - 8:11
May 04, 2025
Cartography of Faith: Making New Maps - Psalm 46
Apr 27, 2025
Including the Goat - Leviticus 16 [Easter Sunday]
Apr 20, 2025
Palm Sunday - Leviticus 23 and Matthew 26
Apr 13, 2025
Cleaning Up Our Mess - Leviticus 8
Apr 06, 2025
Life is Messy - Leviticus 4-6
Mar 30, 2025
We Are Our Stories - Matthew 13:10-13
Mar 23, 2025
Motivated by Joy - Leviticus 1-3
Mar 16, 2025
How the Light Gets In - Luke 4:1-13
Mar 09, 2025
Ritual - Leviticus 1
Mar 02, 2025
Jubilee Remembering - Leviticus 23
Feb 23, 2025
Rest - Leviticus 25
Feb 09, 2025
Returning Home - Leviticus 25
Feb 02, 2025
WTF Year - 1 Corinthians 12
Jan 26, 2025
Our Physical Home: Genesis 1
Jan 19, 2025
Not Alone - Isaiah 60
Jan 12, 2025
Christmas Eve Sermon - Isaiah 42
Jan 07, 2025
2025 Epiphanies: Matthew 2:1-18 - Rev. Suzanne Swartz
Jan 05, 2025
From Birth to 12 Years Old in 60 Seconds: Luke 2:41-52
Dec 29, 2024
What are We Making? Isaiah 9:2-7
Dec 22, 2024
Comfort Food for Advent: Isaiah 40
Dec 01, 2024
I AM FULL: Luke 6:29-31, 38
Nov 24, 2024
Good Magic: Luke 6:27-28
Nov 17, 2024
Where do we go from here? Luke 6:17-19
Nov 10, 2024
Sukkot: Leviticus 23
Oct 20, 2024
A Generous Harvest: Matthew 9 with Rev. Mack Mossett III
Oct 13, 2024
A Not as Important Sermon: Philippians 3:12-16
Oct 06, 2024
The Most Important Sermon I've Ever Given! - Philippians 3
Sep 29, 2024
God's Incredible Act of Shrinking: Philippians 2
Sep 22, 2024
Lost + Found: Luke 15 with Rev. Elizabeth Gibbs Zehnder
Sep 15, 2024
Handwritten Letters: Philippians 1
Sep 08, 2024
Love in Action: Mark 7 [Guest: Rev. Suzanne Swartz]
Sep 01, 2024
So Basically... [A Summary of the Book of Daniel]
Aug 25, 2024
Daniel's Dark Comedy: Daniel 11
Aug 18, 2024
Can God Get Delayed? Daniel 10
Aug 11, 2024
The Opening Ceremony and Communion: Daniel 9
Aug 04, 2024
The GOAT: Daniel 8
Jul 28, 2024
Solidarity IS the Work: Luke 10:25-37 [with Dr. Phil Allen Jr.]
Jul 21, 2024
Daniel's Weird Dream: Daniel 7
Jun 30, 2024
Daniel and the Lions: Daniel 6
Jun 23, 2024
Juneteenth Celebration: Genesis 1:27 + Exodus 15:2
Jun 18, 2024
The Writing on the Wall: Daniel 5
Jun 11, 2024
More Weird Dreams: Daniel 4
Jun 02, 2024
Statues and Pentecost: Daniel 3
May 19, 2024
Weird Dreams: Daniel 2
May 12, 2024
Not Our Story: Daniel 1
May 05, 2024
Observational Distance: Jeremiah 52
Apr 28, 2024
Earth Day Sunday: Mark 16:5-8
Apr 21, 2024
Bonus: Introduction to Islam Class with Tasneem Noor
Apr 14, 2024
Interfaith Guest Speaker: Tasneem Noor
Apr 14, 2024
Easter Photos: Mark 16:1-6
Mar 31, 2024
Location, Location, Location: Mark 10
Mar 24, 2024
The Miracle of the Homecoming: Mark 5:1-20 with Jeff Chu
Mar 17, 2024
Blurry: Mark 8:22-35
Mar 10, 2024
One Loaf: Mark 6:21-44 and Mark 8:1-10, 17-21
Mar 03, 2024
Internal Justice: Mark 12:28-31 with Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Feb 25, 2024
Dark and Stormy Night (Part 2): Mark 6:47-48
Feb 18, 2024
Dark and Stormy Night (Part 1): Mark 4:35-39
Feb 11, 2024
Deeply Rooted: Mark 4:3-20
Feb 04, 2024
The Kin-dom of God: Mark 3:20-35
Jan 28, 2024
To Heal or to Destroy: Mark 3:1-6
Jan 21, 2024
The Beloved Community: Mark 2:13-17
Jan 14, 2024
Political Slogans and Good News: Mark 1:14-28
Jan 07, 2024
Ox and Ass Before Him Bow: Mark 1:9-15 (Christmas Eve)
Dec 25, 2023
Santa and John the Baptist: Mark 1:1-8
Dec 10, 2023
REPLAY: Speaking Upside Down: Luke 1:68-79
Dec 03, 2023
Why We Communion: 1 Corinthians 11:20-29
Nov 26, 2023
Intermission: 1 Samuel 31
Nov 19, 2023
Made in Community: 1 Samuel 30:9-25
Nov 12, 2023
Walking on Water with Rev. Dr. Grace Park: Matthew 14:22-33
Nov 05, 2023
Witches, Wizards, Ghosts and Ghouls: 1 Samuel 28
Oct 29, 2023
Unlikely Heroes - 1 Samuel 25
Oct 22, 2023
Learning a New Language - Romans 12:1-5
Oct 15, 2023
Bread: 1 Samuel 21:1-9
Oct 08, 2023
Oldest Trick in the Book: 1 Samuel 19:11-14
Oct 01, 2023
Why Music, Part 2: 1 Samuel 18:6-11
Sep 24, 2023
Putting the "Bi" in Bible: 1 Samuel 18:1-4
Sep 17, 2023
David and the Giant: 1 Samuel 17
Sep 10, 2023
Why Music? 1 Samuel 16:14-23
Sep 03, 2023
Not Always as They Appear: 1 Samuel 16:1-12
Aug 27, 2023
Matthew 18:1-14 - Spiritual Misconceptions with Anjlo Ajmal
Aug 13, 2023
Artificial Intelligence: 1 Samuel 13
Jul 16, 2023
Coersive Power: 1 Samuel 11
Jul 09, 2023
A Reluctant King: 1 Samuel 10:1-6, 20-23
Jul 02, 2023
Lost Donkeys: 1 Samuel 9
Jun 25, 2023
Listen: 1 Samuel 8
Jun 11, 2023
Making Meaning: 1 Samuel 5:1-7a
Jun 04, 2023
Weaponizing Faith: 1 Samuel 4:1-10a
May 21, 2023
Family Matters: Proverbs 31:10-31; Luke 8:19-21
May 14, 2023
Not So Easy! 1 Samuel 3:10-18
May 07, 2023
Listen: 1 Samuel 3:4-10
Apr 30, 2023
The Rest is Drag: John 15:12-19
Apr 23, 2023
Environmental Justice Sunday: Luke 15
Apr 16, 2023
Jonah, Jesus and Resurrection: Matthew 12:39b-42
Apr 09, 2023
Jonah for Lent, Part 4
Apr 02, 2023
Jonah for Lent, Part 3
Mar 26, 2023
Jonah for Lent, Part 2
Mar 19, 2023
Jonah for Lent, Part 1
Mar 12, 2023
Being Rich Toward God: Luke 12:13-21
Mar 05, 2023
Once You See It You Can't Unsee It: John 15:1-6, 9
Feb 26, 2023
Many Rooms: John 14:1-3a
Feb 19, 2023
Broken: John 13:1-8
Feb 12, 2023
Eau de Toilette: John 12:1-7
Feb 05, 2023
Shepherds: John 10:11-16
Jan 29, 2023
Faith Divided: John 9
Jan 22, 2023
Only Light Can Do That! John 8:12, 48-49
Jan 15, 2023
The World: John 7:2-7, 37-38
Jan 08, 2023
Three Wisemen Walk into a Barn: Matthew 2:13-23
Jan 01, 2023
Christmas Upside Down: Luke 2:6-7
Dec 25, 2022
Counting Upside Down: Luke 2:1-5
Dec 18, 2022
Speaking Upside Down: Luke 1:68-79
Dec 11, 2022
Falling Upside Down: Luke 1:46-55
Nov 27, 2022
That's Gross: John 6:56-60
Nov 20, 2022
Picky Eaters: John 6:5-13
Nov 13, 2022
Food: John 6:1-15
Nov 06, 2022
Game of Thrones: 1 Samuel 24:2-11
Oct 30, 2022
Water: John 4:5-15
Oct 23, 2022
By Night: John 3:1-9
Oct 16, 2022
The Need for Lament: Lamentation 1:1-3
Oct 09, 2022
Wine: John 2:1-11
Oct 02, 2022
What Can We Create Together, Part 2: John 1:14, 16-18
Sep 25, 2022
The Gospel According to the Blues - Rev. Neema Cyrus-Franklin
Sep 18, 2022
What Can We Create Together? John 1:1-5
Sep 11, 2022
When I Was Your Age - Ecclesiastes 7:10
Sep 04, 2022
Humility & Hospitality: Luke 14:1, 7-14
Aug 28, 2022
Not Obvious: Ecclesiastes 4:1-3, 7-12
Aug 21, 2022
Turn, Turn, Turn! Ecclesiastes 3
Aug 14, 2022
Sisyphus: Ecclesiastes 2:17-24
Aug 07, 2022
Q: Ecclesiastes 1:12-18
Jul 31, 2022
Perfect Love Casts Out All Fear: 1 John 4:16b-21
Jul 24, 2022
Why Me?! | Genesis 32:22-32
Jul 17, 2022
In Other People's Shoes: Luke 10:25-37
Jul 10, 2022
Reverse Engineering: Ecclesiastes 7:15-18
Jul 03, 2022
It's All Smoke: Ecclesiastes 1:1-7
Jun 26, 2022
Juneteenth with Calvary Baptist Church
Jun 19, 2022
Proverbs 1:1-7, 14:4
Jun 12, 2022
Pentecost and Nationalism: Genesis 11:1-9
Jun 05, 2022
Truth: Proverbs 3:1-8
May 22, 2022
Love Me Do - Rev. Suzanne Swartz
May 15, 2022
God our Mother: Proverbs 9:1-6
May 08, 2022
The Cure for Hiccups: 2 Kings 5:1-14
May 01, 2022
Earth Sunday: Luke 24:13-28
Apr 24, 2022
Easter Sunday: Ruth and Resurrection
Apr 17, 2022
The Gospel According to Ruth and Palm Sunday: Ruth 3
Apr 10, 2022
The Gospel According to Ruth: Ruth 2:8-17
Apr 03, 2022
The Gospel According to Ruth: Ruth 2:1-7
Mar 27, 2022
The Gospel According to Ruth: Ruth 1:6-22
Mar 20, 2022
The Gospel According to Ruth: Ruth 1:1-5
Mar 13, 2022
Guest Preacher - Rev. Dr. Kikanza Nuri-Robins
Mar 06, 2022
Epiphany and Rest: Exodus 16
Feb 27, 2022
Epiphany and Sacred Reading: Colossians 3:12-17
Feb 20, 2022
Celebrating Black History Month with Victor Andre Greene
Feb 13, 2022
Epiphany and the Examen: Deuteronomy 30
Feb 13, 2022
Epiphany and Communion: 1 Corinthians 11
Feb 06, 2022
Epiphany from a Donkey: Numbers 22:21-33
Jan 30, 2022
Epiphany and Deadly Snakes: Numbers 21:4-9
Jan 23, 2022
Epiphany, Insurrection and MLK: Matthew 2:1-3, 13-16
Jan 16, 2022
Epiphany: Matthew 2:1-12
Jan 09, 2022
Guest Speaker: Rev. Sue Fisher
Jan 02, 2022
Jesus Awkward Family History: Christmas Eve
Dec 25, 2021
Jesus' Awkward Family History: Matthew 1
Dec 19, 2021
Jesus' Awkward Family History: Joshua 2
Dec 12, 2021
Jesus' Awkward Family History: Genesis 38
Dec 05, 2021
Jesus' Awkward Family History: Genesis 12
Nov 28, 2021
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Tina Blair
Nov 21, 2021
Numbers 16
Nov 14, 2021
Numbers 14
Nov 07, 2021
Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Sunny Kang
Oct 31, 2021
Numbers 13
Oct 24, 2021
Numbers 11
Oct 17, 2021
Numbers 10
Oct 10, 2021
Numbers 9
Oct 03, 2021
Numbers 3
Sep 26, 2021
Numbers 1
Sep 19, 2021