Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
April 2, 2017, Doubters Welcome – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000015 We have an image in our heads about what faith is supposed to look like. When we think of people with great faith, we picture giants of the faith like St. Francis or Charles Wesley from the past, or contemporary people like Billy Graham and Pope Francis. …
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March 26, 2017, Which Blind Man? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000014 There are a lot of amazing stories of healing in the gospels, but the one we read this morning is a bit different. I say that because this story that John tells us about the man who was healed of his blindness isn’t mainly about the man …
March 19, 2017, Nobody Doesn’t Need to be Known – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000013 I want to start today with a story that happened just this past week, when I had the privilege of delivering a gift on behalf of our Women’s Guild. We had voted at our last meeting to help out a young family, a hard-working mother and father …
March 12, 2017, A Sermon on John 3:1-16 by Helen Harris
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000012 Today’s Gospel is the greatest known in the bible and most often preached. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. [Type a quote from the document or the summary of …
March 5, 2017, Lent 1, No Dirty Little Secrets – sermon by Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: My Mom was a good and truthful person, but I remember vividly one time that she told a lie – and not the fun, Santa Claus or surprise party kind of lie, but a real lie. I had gone with her in to the emergency room because she …
March 1, 2017, Ash Wednesday – It’s Quiet Out There – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
No recording is available for this sermon. Preachers and writers, people like me, are very fond of using the image of the desert when they talk about Lent. It’s a good image for several reasons. One reason is that the forty days of Lent remind us of the forty years the people of Israel spent …
February 26, 2017, A Lamp in the Darkness – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon: Z0000010 The sixth book in the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, is called The Silver Chair, and it’s about two children, Jill and Eustace, who are sent on a quest to rescue a prince who is being held captive by an evil witch. If you are one of those …
February 19, 2017, Practice Makes Perfect – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000009 This is our fourth and last week reading from Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. Three weeks ago, we read the Beatitudes, those unexpected qualities that define a true disciple of Christ: not the kind of qualities you’d expect from a prominent Christian leader, like a great reputation …
February 12, 2017, Legalism Is a Loveless Marriage – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000008 I met a man this past week who has been married much longer than the average couple. He didn’t tell me exactly how many years, but as far as I can figure they must have gotten married something like 70 years ago, and now, here they are, …
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