Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
October 1, 2023, Holy Troublemakers, Matthew 21:23-32, – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text of the sermon is below. This conversation happens just one day after Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey – what we call the Triumphal Entry – and that’s important to remember. People spread their cloaks and palm branches along the road to honor …
September 24, 2023, Amazing Grace, Matthew 20:1-16 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is given below. The readings for today bring us smack up against the grace of God. Jonah has been sent, kicking and screaming, by the roundabout journey through a whale’s belly, to prophesy death and destruction to Nineveh, a great and very wicked city …
September 17, 2023, Is Forgiveness More Than Self-Care? Matthew 18:21-35 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text of the sermon is below. The popular wisdom about forgiveness these days is that we ought to forgive because it is good for us. I’m sure most of you know the saying from AA that refusing to forgive someone who has hurt you is …
September 3, 2023, Cross-bearing 101, Matthew 16:21-28 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link below. If someone asked you, “What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus?” or “What does it mean to be a good Christian?” what would you tell them? We might tell them something like what we read in Romans today, where Paul gives a pretty …
August 27, 2023, Who’s Got the Keys?, Matthew 16:13-20 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Almost thirteen years ago, when I first came to St. Philip’s, Dcn. Peggy gave me this big bunch of keys: keys for the Parish Hall door, the Sacristy door, the door into the Sanctuary, the door to the tool shed. There are …
August 20, 2023, Welcoming the Unwelcome, Matthew 15:10-28 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Is there anyone who doesn’t feel really uncomfortable with the story of the Canaanite woman and Jesus that we just read? It’s always seemed to me one of the hard passages to understand, because it sounds like Jesus is being cruel, and …
August 13, 2023, That Is Not God, 1 Kings 19:9-18 and Matthew 14:22-33 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. In the OT reading today, we find the great prophet Elijah hiding out in a cave, alone and terrified and in despair – and with good reason. The Queen of Israel, Jezebel, has painted a giant target on his back. She has sworn to seek him …
August 6, 2023, Having the Last Word, Matthew 17:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Most of you have probably heard that Bishop Dan Herzog, Eighth Bishop of the Diocese of Albany, died this past Friday, August 4th. It was an enormous loss for many people in the Diocese: there were so many people who were confirmed by Bp. Dan, so many people who were fed and taught by him …
July 30, 2023, The Kingdom of Small Things, Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. In recent years, people have made some really beautiful documentaries about the natural world. Our daughter Emily gave us the dvd series “Planet Earth,” made by David Attenborough, for Christmas a few years ago. They are really amazing …
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