Category Archives: Sermons
June 12, 2016, Enemies. What Are You Gonna Do? – Carroll Boswell, guest speaker
To listen to this sermon, click here: 121020_001 Let’s start this way. Picture in your mind one person you regard as an enemy. I am not talking about public enemies like ISIS; make it personal to yourself. I bet many of you are having a hard time coming up with even a single enemy; we …
June 5, 2016, Seeing the Overlooked – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 121013_001 We all grew up learning history by learning about important people. History books are always about the important people – mostly men, people with power, people with money, people who did big, important things. Modern textbooks, more enlightened textbooks, make an effort to find important people who …
May 29, 2016, Sick Servants and Wet Firewood – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 121006_001 I love it that this story begins with a rich and powerful military man, a Roman, no less, who asks Jesus to save the life of a mere servant. The translation we use says that the centurion valued his servant highly, and that might just sound like …
May 22, 2016, Drawing Stick Figures – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Below is an outline of the sermon. To listen to it, click here: 120929_001 Going to Palo Duro with my sister after my Mom’s death the formations – like castles and towers, variations of colors in the layers of rock, all formed by water erosion – the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River: …
May 15, 2016, It’s Lovely, Dear, but What Is It For? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120922_001 There is a movie called “Babe”, from about twenty years ago, about a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. It was filmed in Australia, and the farm – home of Farmer Hoggett and his wife – has a wonderful story-book charm, lovely and cozy and old-fashioned. …
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 …
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