First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto

06/01/2026

This Sunday June 7th.

05/31/2026

05/29/2026

Sermon from our Pastor Emeritus Rev. Diana Gibson. Sunday May 24th.

05/28/2026

This Sunday May 31st.

05/20/2026

In this sermon from May 17th, 2026, Rev. Harris offers a path to ending domination and war. These are lofty goals and he begins by suggesting that we will be disappointed by the solution. The solution he offers is that people follow the Ten Commandments. Then he makes the case that in the Bible, the Ten Commandments are given as an alternative to systems of domination such as Pharoah’s enslavement of the Hebrew people. And the work of following them is not about just doing the minimum but examining the deeper principles underlying each one. If we can’t do that ourselves, can we really expect others to do it?

05/19/2026

05/11/2026

In this sermon from May 10th, 2026, Rev. Harris reflects on the story of Cain and Abel as a story about domination, and by extension hierarchy. Citing Octavia Butler he suggests that unchecked hierarchy is the disease that causes the symptom of war and the other evils of our time. This sermon is an introduction to next Sunday's sermon that suggests a path to ending hierarchy and therefore war.