Category Archives: Sermons
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 26, 2016 – Homily for the Great Vigil of Easter – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
We’ve come a long way together this week. Thursday night we gathered together around the table with our Lord, and we heard his parting instructions to us. “I’m going away,” he said, “and I’m leaving you in charge. And here’s what you need to do. Love one another, just like I have loved you, just …
March 25, 2016 – Meditation for Good Friday – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
A meditation on the seven last words of Christ from the cross. The first word: “Forgive them, Father! They don’t know what they are doing.” We have been reading the story of Christ’s Passion week after week during Lent. It is a hard story, a story full of cruelty and betrayal and suffering – as …
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 …
February 28, 2016, Repentance part 2: Out of the Miry Clay – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120707_001 Today is the third Sunday in Lent, and because it’s Lent, we are spending some time talking about repentance. We talk about repentance a lot during Lent; it pops up a lot in our prayers and in our readings all over the place; but just because we …
February 21, 2016, Repentance, part 1: What if There Were No Grace? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120630_001 On Ash Wednesday, just a week and a half ago, I read you the invitation, from the Book of Common Prayer, to the observance of a Holy Lent. It begins like this: Dear People of God: The first Christians observed with great devotion the days of our …
February 14, 2016, Never Forget Yourself – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Below is an outline of the sermon. To listen to it, click here: 120623_001 Immediately after Jesus was baptized the Holy Spirit took him on a 40-day retreat into the desert. 1. This is before Jesus had begun any ministry or done any works of power or shown himself to the world – a time …
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