Author Archive: saintphilipsnorwood
January 14, 2024, He Chose You, John 1:43-51 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text of the sermon is below. When Jesus was saying good-bye to his close friends, on the night before he was crucified, he told them this: “You didn’t choose me – I chose you.” All hell was about to break loose, literally, in their lives. …
January 7, 2024, Who Saw the Star?, Matthew 2:1-12 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link below. The text is below the recording. When I was a little girl, we lived in St. Louis, and one of our favorite day trips was to Grant’s Farm. This is a large estate belonging to the Anheuser Busch family. Horse-loving kids looked forward to seeing the …
December 31, 2023, What If God Was One of Us?, John 1:1-18 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is given below: 1. The passage we just read from John’s gospel gave us an account of the coming of Christ – one of the most important events in human history – in 304 words. How does he do that? It is an absolutely …
December 24, 2023, The Why Is What We Know, John 3:16-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
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December 17, 2023, Afraid of the Dark?, John 1:1-28 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text of the sermon is given below. John tells the Christmas story a little bit different from the other gospels. He writes: “The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” Instead of telling us the story about Mary and Joseph …
December 10, 2023, Do You Want to Keep It? Mark 1:1-8 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below: Nearly fifty years ago we had the exciting and terrifying experience of discovering that I was pregnant for the very first time. I was pretty young, and we’d been married less than a year, so it was a bit of a surprise …
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