<p>In this week’s sermon, <em>“One Way to Help,”</em> Rev. Emily McGinley begins with a story of a walk through the Tenderloin with the San Francisco Night Ministry and a simple truth offered there: <em>“People fall on hard times and it’s not their fault. This is one way for me to help.”</em></p><p><br></p><p> From that moment, we turn to John the Baptist—accidental spiritual icon—calling out crowds chasing spiritual highs instead of real transformation, yet still offering an invitation: there is time, it is not too late, and who you’ve been doesn’t have to determine who you can become. We reflect on baptism as a ritual of beginning again when life feels heavy or directionless, and we return to the Tenderloin question: <strong>What’s one way I can help?</strong> </p>