Monthly Archives: March, 2022
March 27, 2022, The Parable of the Prodigal Father, Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
The very best part of the story of the Prodigal Son is the homecoming, the part where the Father, standing on the front porch longing for the return of his lost son, sees his son coming at long last. There he is, in the distance, the Father would know him anywhere. He had been hoping …
March 20, 2022, Repentance part II – Getting Out of the Muck, Luke 13:1-9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the above link. Today is the third Sunday in Lent, and because it’s Lent, we are taking some time to look closely at repentance. We always talk about repentance during Lent; but just because we talk about something doesn’t mean we have a really good understanding of what it …
March 13, 2022, What If There Was No Mercy, Luke 13:31-35
On Ash Wednesday, just a week and a half ago, I read you the invitation to the observance of a Holy Lent, from the Book of Common Prayer. It begins like this: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the …
Lent I March 6 2022 – “The Struggle is Real” Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
This episode in the desert happens right after Jesus has been baptized by John. Like the glorious moment on the mountaintop we read about last week, at his baptism, Jesus’s divinity was on full display. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of people there along the banks of the Jordan River on that day. They all …
March 2, 2022, Ash Wednesday, Check the Expiration Date, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
When I reached a certain point in my 50’s, way back when, I found myself doing a new and strange thing. We were subscribing to the Watertown Times back then, and every day, besides the NY Times crossword, the one thing I would always read was the obituary page. It wasn’t anything I thought about …
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