Category Archives: Sermons
March 29, 2024, John 18:1-19:42, Why We Do What We Do – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
No recording is available for this sermon. Of all the seasons of the Church year, Holy Week is probably the most deeply moving, as well as the most emotionally draining for us. All through Lent we’ve been walking through the Passion of our Lord every Friday, in preparation for this week. We have felt the …
March 28, 2024, Learn by Example on Maundy Thursday, John 13:1-20 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
The recording is above and the text is below. Tonight we gather to do what Jesus and his twelve disciples were doing on the night of his arrest: we gather to share a meal. They were in Jerusalem on the first day of the Passover, and they had made preparations to eat the Passover Seder, …
March 17, 2024, The Vocabulary of Jesus: Death, John 12:20-26 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. One of the best known Bible verses about death is 1 Corinthians, chapter 15, verse 55: “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” I think most of us could give Paul an answer to these rhetorical questions …
March 10, 2024, The Vocabulary of Jesus: Forgiveness, John 3:14-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon click the link above. The text is below: The strange story about the fiery serpents happens when the Israelites have been in the wilderness a long, long time. All through those years of wandering, God had provided for the people. When there was no water, God told Moses to strike …
March 3, 2024, The Vocabulary of Jesus: Holiness – or – Don’t Mess Up the Living Room, John 2:13-22 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today is the third Sunday in Lent, and I’ve been concentrating on some Lenten vocabulary this year – some words that are important for our Lenten observance. I’ve been trying to focus on one word each week, and to look at it …
February 25, 2024, The Vocabulary of Jesus: The Cross, Mark 8:31-38 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline of the text is below. The Consecration of Bishop Jeremiah – talk about the service – vesting – coming upstairs – full church, crucifer and torch bearers, St. Patrick’s breastplate – “I bind unto myself this day…” in hundreds of voices – then awaiting …
February 18, 2024, The Vocabulary of Jesus: Temptation, Mark 1:12-13 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Here we are on the first Sunday in Lent. We have 36 more days of Lent stretching out before us, not counting the 5 Sundays, which are little Easters, little islands of rest for us, as we make our way through this …
February 14, 2024, What Is a Holy Lent?, Isaiah 58:1-12 and Matthew 6:1-6,16-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today is the first day of Lent. Our liturgy for this day issues an invitation to us: “I invite you, therefore, in the name of the Church, to the observance of a holy Lent, by self-examination and repentance; by prayer, fasting, and …
February 11, 2024, Remember, Remember, Remember, Mark 9:2-9 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. If you have read the Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, you might remember that one of the books is called The Silver Chair, and it’s about two children, Jill and Eustace. The Silver Chair begins with Jill and Eustace being magically …
February 4, 2024, Free to Serve, Mark 1:29-39 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today, we come upon Jesus and four of his disciples – the only four who had been chosen so far – as they head back to Simon Peter’s house for dinner. It was the family home: Simon and his brother lived there, …
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