Sermons
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April 16, 2023, Wounded Healer, John 20:24-31 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The outline for the sermon is given below. The first thing that always strikes me in this story is how Jesus reacts to Thomas’s doubt – a lot to be said… Continue reading
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Homily for Holy Saturday 2023
An outline for the homily of Holy Saturday Last night we found our places at the foot of the cross. But tonight we wait with Jesus inside the tomb. It is absolutely dark. There is no sound. It is a… Continue reading
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Homily for Good Friday April 7 2023
Here on this day we call Good Friday, we find the characters of the story set in their places, like the actors in a play, frozen in the middle of a scene, or like pieces on a chessboard in the… Continue reading
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Homily for Maundy Thursday April 6 2023
Jesus and his disciples were Jews, and so they gathered on this night as they did every year, as they had done since they were little children, to eat the Passover Seder. With all Jews everywhere, they gathered to remember… Continue reading
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March 26, 2023, What Happened at the Funeral, John 11:1-45 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. What I am able to do – invite people to remember the good in the person’s life – provide a safe atmosphere for… Continue reading
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March 19, 2023, Are You Blind Too?, John 9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above: Below is the outline for the sermon: 1. In the OT reading. God sent a trepidatious Samuel to anoint a new king, because God had rejected Saul, the first king of… Continue reading
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March 12, 2023, Healing History, John 4:1-30 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. A little history lesson: 930 b.c.e. – After the death of Solomon, the people rebel against his son, Rehoboam, who is a fool… Continue reading
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March 5, 2023, Teaching Old Dogs, John 3:1-17 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline for the sermon. 1. About Trapper – 15 years old, describe his one trick – that is the way he knows how to be a good boy.… Continue reading
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February 26, 2023, When Desires Are Too Expensive, Matthew 4:1-11 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. Below is an outline of the sermon. 1. This week marked one year since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. What is the status of the anti-war movement in Russia?… Continue reading
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February 19, 2023, Going Down from the Mountain, Matthew 17:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. An outline for the sermon follows. 1. Begin with Peter’s testimony in a.d. 64-67, shortly before his death: 2 Peter 1:13-19 30 years after the event Peter remembered on Mount Tabor,… Continue reading