Monthly Archives: July, 2017

July 30, 2017, Becoming a Super-naturalized Citizen – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here:  Z0000035 There is a really interesting website called myimmigrationstory.com where people of all ages have shared the stories of their coming to the US and becoming citizens of a new country. The stories range from hopeful to heartbreaking. Here are three that I’d like to read to you …

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July 23, 2017, The Roots of All Evil – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here:  Z0000034 This year, the NY state legislature passed a bill banning a practice called Conversion Therapy, at least on minors. Conversion Therapy is a kind of psychological and physical treatment, often very harsh, that is designed to “cure” gay people of being gay. It’s a practice that has …

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July 16, 2017, A Garden Story Starring You as … Dirt! – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here:  Z0000033 Of all the times I had with my children, I think bedtimes might have been the most precious. At bedtime, children who have been moving and talking non-stop since the sun came up (or before the sun came up, depending on the day) are finally horizontal and …

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July 9, 2017, God 2.0? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here:  Z0000032 We just read a passage that I come back to time and time again, year after year: Jesus’ gracious, open-armed invitation to us – not on our good days, when we’re at the top of our game and we have all of our ducks in a row …

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July 2, 2017, Good News for Good People – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click here:   Z0000031 In 1985 we began making plans to move out of the city of St. Louis, where we had lived since we were married. That’s how we ended up arriving in the North Country in 1986, in a 45 passenger school bus, with our six kids and a …

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