Category Archives: Sermons
August 7, 2022, Faith in a Vacuum, Luke 12:32-40 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
What does great faith look like? A person of great faith accomplishes great things for God. A pastor of great faith preaches sermons that change lives; people come flocking in to fill the pews of their church. A person of great faith shares their faith anywhere and everywhere, at the drop of a hat. A …
July 31, 2022 – Bigger Hearts not Bigger Barns, Luke 12:13-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Ever since we got married and bought our first house, lo those many, many years ago, in every house we have lived in, we made a garden. It’s what makes home, home, for us. So, when we lived in Potsdam a few years ago, just before we moved to Norwood, we did what we always …
July 24, 2022, Two Things about Prayer, Luke 11:1-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
I was talking with a friend recently, who is going through a rough time, as so many people are these days. She is a woman of strong faith; she’s been a Christian for many years. But she said this to me, “I don’t do a lot of praying. But I talk to God all the …
July 17, 2022, Mary and Martha, Luke 10:38-42 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
I learned something new this week, so I thought I’d share it with you, because it’s helpful in understanding the gospel reading this week. It turns out that Luke, in his gospel, and in his “companion volume,” the Acts of the Apostles, often arranged his stories in pairs about men and women. He tells the …
July 10, 2022, More Than a Church, Luke 10:25-37 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Just one month ago, two churches in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, which is a suburb of Philadelphia, were given citations for violating the city’s zoning code. One of the churches is Christ Episcopal Church, a parish in the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and the other church, two blocks away, is called …
July 3, 2022, Bring Your Biggest Bowl, Luke 10:1-11,16-20 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. “The harvest is plentiful,” Jesus said, “but the laborers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” At our house, we’re just finishing up with the strawberry harvest. During strawberry season, Carroll goes out every morning to pick …
June 26, 2022, Fire from Heaven, Luke 9:51-62 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon click here: Unless you spent the week under a rock, you probably know that on Friday, the Supreme Court reversed its decision on Roe v Wade, which has protected the right of women in America to obtain a safe, legal abortion for almost half a century. It didn’t happen without …
June 19, 2022, But What about the Pigs? Luke 8:26-39 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon click here: That story I just read is surely one of the most dramatic episodes in the gospels. It’s the stuff of TV horror shows – chain-breaking demons and terrorized citizens and naked men hiding among the tombs in the graveyard. But oddly enough, I think one of the most …
June 12, 2022, A Meditation on the Trinity by Brother Curtis
Click on the link above to listen to the recording. Today, which is Trinity Sunday, I want to share with you a meditation on the Trinity, from Br. Curtis Almquist of the Society of St. John the Evangelist: Saint Augustine, the African bishop and theologian of the early 5th century, spent many years writing about God …
June 5, 2022, The First Cry, Acts 2:1-21- Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Click the link above to listen to this sermon. My first conscious encounter with the Holy Spirit happened when I was about 14 or 15. A friend of my mother was going to a healing service at her church – it was a Lutheran church – and she offered to bring me along. I had …
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