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December 15, 2024, Advent 3, Eternal Father, Isaiah 9:6 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation;you have increased its joy;they rejoice before youas with joy at the harvest,as they are glad when they divide the spoil. …

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December 8, 2024, Mighty God, Isaiah 9:6, – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Welcome to the second week of Advent. The word “Advent” means “coming,” so this season, of all the seasons of the year, is all about the One who is coming. When we get ready to receive company, family or friends or whoever …

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December 1, 2024, Advent 1, Wonderful Counselor, Isaiah 9:6 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Who is this, so weak and helpless,child of lowly Hebrew maid,rudely in a stable sheltered,coldly in a manger laid?‘Tis the Lord of all creation,who this wondrous path has trod;he is God from everlasting,and to everlasting God Today is the first Sunday of …

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November 17, 2024, The Birth of the Unshakeable, Mark 13:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon click the link above. The text is below. The disciples were gazing in wonder at the glory of the Temple. We shouldn’t think they were just awestruck because they were country bumpkins who didn’t know any better. There was good reason for anyone to be amazed. The dimensions for the …

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November 10, 2024, Devouring Widow’s Houses, Mark 12:38-44 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon click the link above. The text is below: When Carroll and I bought our first house, lo those many years ago, we found an old brick farmhouse inside the St. Louis city limits. It had been built in the 1800’s and then kind of swallowed up by the neighborhood that …

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October 27, 2024, When God Says No, Mark 10:46-52 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. There are a lot of stories in the gospels about Jesus healing people. But among all those stories, the story of Bartimaeus is unique. First of all, Mark tells us his name. Bartimaeus is almost the only person in all the gospels …

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October 20, 2024, Who Is Greater Than Elon Musk? Mark 10:35-45 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon click the link above. The text is below. Thousands of years ago, when human beings decided to design their own gods, they pretty much invented the first superheroes. Zeus and Poseidon and Ares and Athena: they were basically just bigger, stronger, faster, more attractive versions of what all humans wish …

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October 13, 2024, You Are the Camel, Mark 10:17-31 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Jesus had a real genius for creating memorable images when he was preaching: the guy who worries about the speck in his neighbor’s eye while all the time he’s going around with a giant plank in his own eye; the one about …

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October 6, 2024, Rules Are for Cheaters, Mark 10:1-16 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. I think probably we have all known people with broken marriages – maybe our own marriage, maybe the marriage of a good friend or of our parents – but we’ve all known someone whose marriage became a source of pain instead of …

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September 29, 2024, A Matter of Stumbling Blocks, Mark 9:38-50 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. “If any of you put a stumbling block before one of these little ones who believe in me, it would be better for you if a great millstone were hung around your neck and you were thrown into the sea Jesus told …

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