Category Archives: Sermons
December 6, 2015, We Have Met the Enemy – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120414_001 In the days and weeks and months since we last observed a holy Advent season the world has been an increasingly violent and scary place. There are wars and floods and earthquakes abroad and there are shootings and unrest close to home. And in all this scary …
November 29, 2015, Let There Be Light – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120407_001 This morning marks the beginning of Advent, the Church’s New Year’s Day. Today we lit the very first candle of our Advent Wreath. Every year, at this time, when the days are growing shorter and the nights are growing longer and colder, we light the candles of …
November 22, 2015, Playing Defense for the Kingdom – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120331_001 I spent a fairly big chunk of my life in St. Louis, Missouri, which is a pretty big city. One of the things about a metropolitan area is that there are a lot more different kinds of people there than we meet from day to day in …
November 15, 2015, Feeling the Birth Pangs – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120324_001 “Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, `I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to …
November 8, 2015, The Cry of the Widow – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
Below, we have only the outline of the sermon, not the full text, but you can listen to it by clicking here: 120317_001 The funerals of Joan and Ruth – both widows – we should pay attention to that, notice that, because God has a lot to say about widows in the Bible…. Today’s stories …
November 1, 2015, All Saints Day – Dcn. Lora Smith
No text is available for this sermon, but you may listen to it by clicking here: 120310_001
October 25, 2015, Of Your Own Have We Given You – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120303_001 Next Sunday is a special day for two reasons. First of all, it’s the first of November, and that means that it is the Feast of All Saints, where we give thanks to God for all of the people in our lives that have been his face …
October 18, 2015, Who’s On First? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120225_001 Our society places a lot of stock in ambition. From earliest childhood, the whole educational system is set up to encourage us to be ambitious, and we reward those who rise above the rest. We make a big deal about grades and achievements, and we give prizes …
October 11, 2015, Live Like You’re Dying; Die Like You’re Living – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120218_001 We’ve lost a lot this past week. In the last few days, we had to say good-bye to two women who are very important to us, Ruth Blanchard and Joan Ladouceur, good friends and pillars of St. Philip’s for decades. And besides that, I know that many …
October 4, 2015, The Kingdom of Low Standards – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: 120211_001 Last week we had our Fall Work Day. If you were able to stay for lunch, after the cleaning and fixing-up was done, you know that we had a very special visitor for lunch. Three visitors, actually, because Noah Hargrave very kindly brought his parents along. It …
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