Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
July 19, 2020, Who Is the Enemy and What Did He Sow? Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000207 In the time of Jesus there was a law on the Roman books dealing with the crime of sowing weeds in the wheat field of another person. It was a particularly nasty and effective bit of revenge or sabotage against an enemy, because the particular weed that …
July 12, 2020, May We Be Soft Soil, Matthew 13:1-9,18-23 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000206 One of my favorite Collects in the Book of Common Prayer is the Collect for Proper 28, the Sunday just before Christ the King Sunday. It’s all about how we read the Bible. “Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant …
July 5, 2020, You’ve Got to Serve Somebody, Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000205 Jeremiah was a prophet in Judah in the years just before Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, swept in and conquered Judah and all the surrounding nations along with it. And in those days God gave Jeremiah a strange command. He told Jeremiah to make yoke bars and …
June/July 2020 CommonLife
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June 28, 2020, Kingdom Price Tags, Matthew 10:40-42 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000204 A new phrase that has become commonplace in pretty much everybody’s vocabulary over the last four or five months is “essential worker”. Rarely does a day go by that we don’t hear or read or see something about essential workers, on the news or in the paper …
June 21, 2020, Just a Little Pregnant? Matthew 10:24-39 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000203 It is a true saying, and worthy of full acceptance, what a wise doctor once said to me: “It’s not possible to be a little bit pregnant.” There are many things we dabble at in our lives. As children we have favorite colors and foods and toys …
June 13, 2020, The God Who Sends, Matthew 10:5-15 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000198 Today we read about what you might call the first Christian missionary trip. Jesus sends out his twelve disciples, that small circle of men who traveled with him, who studied at his feet, who ate and talked and ministered by his side. Matthew, the author of the …
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