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Homily for Good Friday April 7 2023
Here on this day we call Good Friday, we find the characters of the story set in their places, like the actors in a play, frozen in the middle of a scene, or like pieces on a chessboard in the middle of a game. At the center is our Lord on the cross. To his …
Homily for Maundy Thursday April 6 2023
Jesus and his disciples were Jews, and so they gathered on this night as they did every year, as they had done since they were little children, to eat the Passover Seder. With all Jews everywhere, they gathered to remember their long years of oppression and slavery in Egypt. They told the story of how …
April 2, 2023 -The Passion for Palm Sunday – the gospel according to St. Matthew – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Narrator The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew One of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, Judas What will you give me if I betray Jesus to you? Narrator The priests paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that moment Judas began to …
March 26, 2023, What Happened at the Funeral, John 11:1-45 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. What I am able to do – invite people to remember the good in the person’s life – provide a safe atmosphere for people to express grief – present the hope of resurrection life – all important What …
March 19, 2023, Are You Blind Too?, John 9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above: Below is the outline for the sermon: 1. In the OT reading. God sent a trepidatious Samuel to anoint a new king, because God had rejected Saul, the first king of Israel (that is a whole other story) Samuel knows that God has chosen one of …
March 12, 2023, Healing History, John 4:1-30 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. A little history lesson: 930 b.c.e. – After the death of Solomon, the people rebel against his son, Rehoboam, who is a fool and tries to lay heavy burdens on the people; and God’s chosen nation, Israel, divides …
March 5, 2023, Teaching Old Dogs, John 3:1-17 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline for the sermon. 1. About Trapper – 15 years old, describe his one trick – that is the way he knows how to be a good boy. We know the expression “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” We’re being facetious, …
February 26, 2023, When Desires Are Too Expensive, Matthew 4:1-11 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. This week marked one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. What is the status of the anti-war movement in Russia? “The anti-war movement is non-existent.”People in Russia who are so afraid of the authorities that …
February 19, 2023, Going Down from the Mountain, Matthew 17:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. An outline for the sermon follows. 1. Begin with Peter’s testimony in a.d. 64-67, shortly before his death: 2 Peter 1:13-19 30 years after the event Peter remembered on Mount Tabor, close to Nazareth – awe, fear – description of what they saw Mark’s account – …
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