The following sermon is by Rev. Dr. Bryson White who was our guest preacher on April 26th at 10 a.m. Dr. White is a Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. Dr. White conducts research in the areas of theology, black studies, carceral studies, visual studies, critical geography, and Tupac Shakur. White’s current research…
Welcome to Sermons from First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto. Each week we share a recording of the Sunday sermon, offering theologically progressive, social justice–oriented reflections grounded in Scripture and what’s happening in our lives and in the world. Most weeks the sermon is preached by our pastor, the Rev. Tom Harris, and from time to…
The following sermon is from the 10 a.m. service on Easter Sunday, April 5th, 2026. Rev. Harris reflects on the way Mary Magdalene shows us the way to what Nikki Giovanni calls a “natural revolution.” In so many ways, on that Easter morning she showed us what it means to be human, humane, and natural.…
The following sermon is from the 10 a.m. service on Sunday, March 22nd, 2026. It is based on John chapter 6 verses 51 through 61. It is one of the more difficult passages in the Gospel of John in which Jesus calls on his followers to eat his flesh and drink his blood. Rev. Harris…