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Mar 25, 2019
Fly Like An Eagle
How is your sense of self-worth and self-esteem these days? Do you believe your family members and friends when they tell you how much...
Mar 18, 2019
Speak Truth to Power
One of the calls every follower of Jesus Christ receives from God is the call to speak truth to power. What does it mean to speak truth...
Mar 10, 2019
The Power of the Spirit
This past Tuesday when I walked into my mom’s room at Monte Vista Grove Health Center in Pasadena, she reached out to me as if she had...
Mar 4, 2019
Cloud's Ilusions
My 16-year-old daughter, April, tutors a student in Pismo Beach twice a week in math. She enjoys helping kids improve their math skills,...
Feb 24, 2019
Don't Quit
Most, if not all of us, have felt at times as if despite our best efforts to succeed in life—including success in our personal goals, or...
Jan 20, 2019
Stand Up for Truth
The date: January 27, 1956. The time: Late at night. The place: A pastor’s home in Montgomery, Alabama. A phone ringing in the middle of...
Jan 14, 2019
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose
Text: Acts 8 Back in the mid 1970’s I went to two different high schools due to my Dad’s call to a new ministry during my sophomore year....
Dec 10, 2018
A Song of Liberation
Text: Luke 1: 46-55 Once in a while we are blessed to hear someone sing a song or give a speech or share a poem or painting, which can...
Dec 3, 2018
Something’s Coming, Something Good
There is a song from the delightful and inspiring musical, West Side Story, that always comes to my mind when we begin the journey of the...
Nov 11, 2018
Love in Action
Texts: Matthew 5: 43-48 “Love your enemies…” Who originally said that? Some hippy from the 1960’s? Some socialist ethics professor at...
Nov 5, 2018
Come Before Winter
1st lesson: Psalm 100 2nd lesson: 2 Timothy 4:1-9, 13, 19-22 Paul says to his dear friend and student, Timothy: “Do your best to come,...
Oct 21, 2018
Tribute to: Archbishop Oscar Romero
Robert Crouch’s Tribute to: Archbishop Oscar Romero Back in 1985 during my seminary internship in the state or as they prefer, the...
Oct 17, 2018
The Sweetest Thing of All
As I’ve mentioned before, one of the best things my parents did for my brother, Pete, and me, during our childhood was to take us to see...
Oct 12, 2018
The Messiah in Disguise
WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY On World Communion Sunday one of the challenges we face is to continue to become a person through whom others can...
Jul 15, 2018
In the Footsteps of Amos
The Rev. Robert Crouch Community Presbyterian Church Pismo Beach, CA Text: Amos 7: 7-15 If you could sit down and have a conversation...
Jul 1, 2018
A New Birth of Freedom
FOURTH OF JULY SERMON (preached on Sunday July 1, 2018) The Rev. Robert Crouch Community Presbyterian Church Pismo Beach, CA Every year...
Reflections
Celebrating 100 Years in 2024
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