Category Archives: audio sermons
May 8, 2016, All in the Family – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120915_001 Most of us have used Corelle dishes at some point. They are those nice, light-weight Corningware dishes that come in lots of pretty patterns, that look and feel like glass, only they are unbreakable – until they aren’t. If you’ve ever dropped a Corelle plate or bowl …
May 1, 2016, Living Treasure – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
An expanded outline is below. To listen to this sermon, click here: 120908_001 The memorial service for Fr. Bill’s son – full church – the grief of losing our child the comfort of the readings From Isaiah 25 – he will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the …
April 24, 2016, Love Like You’ve Been Loved – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120901_001 Imagine that there is a big family, and the parents, the mother and father, are preparing to go away on a long trip. And they’re about to give the children the instructions they need to keep things running. Well, every other time these parents had gone away …
April 17, 2016, Sheep in the Valley – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120825_001 The reading from John today is about a confrontation. It happened in December, or at least the Jewish month that corresponds to December, when Jesus was at the Temple in Jerusalem, during the Feast of the Dedication,which today is called Hannukah. Most of the religious festivals we …
April 10, 2016, Do You Love Me More Than These? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120818_001 Sometimes, at the end of a particularly hectic and confusing day, I feel like one of those snow globes that have a little scene inside a glass dome, where you shake them up and watch the flakes swirl around and around until they finally settle down. When …
April 3, 2016, The Faith of Doubting Thomas – guest speaker Carroll Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120811_001 John 20:24-29 says, “Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other disciples told him, ‘We have seen the Lord.’ But he said to them, ‘Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and …
March 27, 2016, Easter Sunday – Breaking the Cycle – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120804_002 The first witness to the resurrected Christ was Mary Magdalene. On the day after the crucifixion, Mary and all the other disciples had stayed at home the whole of that terrible Sabbath day. They must have been overwhelmed with grief, and I imagine them talking together about …
March 24, 2016, A Homily for Maundy Thursday – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
No recording is available for this sermon. Maundy Thursday, the celebration of the New Commandment, is all about love. The gospel passage begins by telling us how much Jesus loved his friends. “Having loved his own who were in the world,” John says, “he loved them to the end.” And it ends with the Command …
March 13, 2016, The Quiet Radical – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Below is an outline version of the sermon. To listen to it, click here: 120721_001 There’s always THAT kid in every group – exuberance – that seems to be what Mary of Bethany was like. (not Mary the mother of Jesus, or Mary Magdalene, but Mary of Mary and Martha, sister of Lazarus who was …
March 6, 2016, The God of Reckless Extravagance – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120714_001 The very best part of the story of the Prodigal Son is the homecoming, the part where the Father, standing on the front porch longing for the return of his lost son, sees his son coming at long last. There he is, in the distance, the Father …
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