Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
April 17, 2025, Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-31 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this homily, click the link above. The text is below: Last Sunday Bruce and Susan led us in a Seder dinner. The Seder is the Jewish ceremonial feast observed every year at Passover to remember the great work of God in bringing his people out of slavery in Egypt by the hand …
April 6, 2005, What Is That Smell? John 12:1-8 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. There are times, when something big is about to happen, that time itself seems to slow down, and every action and word takes on a special meaning. Whether it is something good or something terrible that is about to happen, we see …
March 30, 2025, Albany Blooms: the Rule of Benedict – guest speaker Elaina Smith
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March 23, 2025, Saving the Fig Tree, Luke 13:1-9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Remember that you are dust. And to dust you will return. Jesus has a very Ash Wednesday kind of message in the gospel today. Some people come to tell him about the Galileans who were slaughtered by the Roman governor, Pilate. “Do …
March 9, 2025, There Is Only One Story, Luke 4:1-13 – Carroll Boswell, guest speaker
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. I intend to focus on the last of the three temptations, but as usual I will seem to wander around before I get to it. I want to start with the story of how Kathryn and I got to New York. Once …
March 2, 2025, Listen! – Luke 9:28-36 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below: lot of times, the breakdown in a relationship has to do with a lack of listening: a wife feels like her husband doesn’t love her any more because he doesn’t listen to her. Or a child yells at his parents in frustration, …
February 23, 2025, Jesus Never Said I Had to Like You, Luke 6:27-38 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. We all know Jesus told us to love our enemies. But people like to point out that when Jesus told us to love our enemies, he never said that we have to like them – which can be a very comforting thing …
February 16, 2015, The Blessing and the Curse, Luke 6:17-26 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
No recording is available for this sermon.What is the “Good Life”? What were the basic things your parents hoped and prayed for you, as you went out into the world all those years ago? What are the things you hope and pray for now, for the young people you care about – your children or …
February 2, 2025, The Baby and the Sunrise, Luke 2:22-38 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The thing about being in the dark is that you can’t really tell sizes and shapes and distances. That black shape over there in the corner looks like a big scary dog, maybe even a bear. But it’s only your jacket that …