Category Archives: audio sermons

July 2, 2023, Ripe Figs and Itching Ears, Jeremiah 28:5-9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is the outline of the sermon Today’s reading from Jeremiah: The prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the house of the Lord; and the prophet Jeremiah said, “Amen! May the Lord do so; …

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June 25, 2023, The Work of Grace House, Canton – guest speaker, Fr. Chuck Smith

No text is available for this sermon, but you can listen to the sermon by clicking the link below:

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June 11, 2023, Toddler Faith, Matthew 9:9-26

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. Our son Isaac came up last week for our 50th anniversary celebration, and he brought up his kids. He has four, and they are all beautiful: three girls, and the youngest, who is a little boy, Finnian Patrick …

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June 4, 2013, Wrestling with Mysteries, Trinity Sunday – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

Yesterday we had a celebration for our 50th anniversary. Carroll and I were pretty young when we got married, but I think we were fairly normal for newly-married, deeply-in-love people in that we didn’t really know each other nearly as well as we thought we did. We spent lots and lots of time together, ALL …

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May 28, 2023, Tongues of Fire and the Big Bang Theory, Acts 2:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

We attended our first Episcopal Pentecost service at Trinity Church in Potsdam. Trinity has a wonderful tradition for Pentecost – when the priest or deacon begins reading the gospel, other people scattered throughout the congregation also begin reading it, too, all at the same time – but in all different languages: French, German, Chinese, Armenian, …

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May 21, 2023, Life in the In-Between, John 17:1-11 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon click the link below. After the link is an outline of the sermon. Last Thursday was the Feast of the Ascension. Jesus returned to the Father, in order that he might send the Spirit. He ascended bodily into heaven – flesh, scars, and all, the physical creation, human DNA, now …

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May 14, 2023, I Will Not Leave You as Orphans, John 14:15-24 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below you will find an outline of the sermons. When we lived in St. Louis, a long time ago, one of our friends, Cal, was a social worker. He worked in the inner city, where there was a lot of poverty, a lot of struggling families, …

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May 7, 2023, Our Times Are in Your Hands, John 14:1-14 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. If you are on facebook you probably know that Carroll writes a garden journal on his facebook page. In each entry, he writes down the work of that day and makes note of how everything is doing right now. …

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April 30, 2023, A Little More Light on the Good Shepherd, John 10:1-18 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below It’s Good Shepherd Sunday, and strangely, we find ourselves without our Good Shepherd window – the beautiful image that is such a comforting presence every time we come in. Today, all we have is the unfamiliar light of …

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April 23, 2023, Faith and Hospitality, Luke 24:13-35 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. An outline of the sermon is given below. Easter was two weeks ago, but here in the Lectionary we are still living through that first Easter morning. Our Easter was lovely, a “day of joy and gladness” like the hymn says. We filled the sanctuary and …

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