Category Archives: Sermons
September 23, 2012 – Hugs and Greatness
To listen to the recorded version, click here: hugs and greatness I learned the most wonderful Greek word this week, while I was translating the Gospel reading for today. I’m not quite sure why I got so excited about this word, but it made me feel happy just to read it. The word is enankalisamenos …
September 16, 2012 – Disciples Carry a Cross, Not a Sword
To listen to the recorded sermon, click here: Disciples Carry a Cross When Peter answers Jesus’s question, “Who do you say that I am?” – that marks the turning point in the gospel of Mark. Mark’s gospel is all about the unwrapping of the secret of Jesus’s identity. The first verse in the gospel is: …
September 9, 2012 – The Day Dogs Became Children
To hear the recorded version of this sermon, click here: The Day the Dogs Became Children In my sermon last week I said that Jesus didn’t want us to waste our time trying to be “good” – because he had something much better for us. His plan for us is not to teach us to …
September 2, 2012 – Don’t Be Good, Be Made Well
For the audio version, click here: Don’t be good, be made well A long time ago, when our big children were still little children, we owned a used bookstore in St. Louis. There were a lot of children in the neighborhood. We homeschooled our kids, and there was a Catholic school nearby that some of …
August 26, 2012 – The Spirit as Lifemaker
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August 19, 2012 – Get Wisdom!
When we were little, we all heard folk tales about people who met a fairy or found a magical something-or-other that gave them wishes. It was usually three wishes, and it always ended badly. No matter what those people wished, it was always something foolish, so that when they got what they wished for they …
August 12, 2012 – Beliefs or Belief
To listen to a recording of this sermon, click here: beliefs or belief This summer has seen some terrible acts of violence and hatred against people of faith in our country. On July 4th – on the day we all celebrate our freedom from tyranny – a man set fire to a Muslim mosque in …
July 29, 2012 – Faith or Not Faith
To listen to the recorded sermon, click on this link: Faith or Not Faith If the gospel reading today sounds very familiar, you’re right, we just read about Jesus feeding the crowd of 5,000 men, plus women and children last week. But this week we get to hear what came next – the miraculous day, …
June 3, 2012 – You Must Be Born Again
Click on the link below to listen to an mp3 file of the sermon from June 3, 2012. The text is John 3:1-17. 111205_001
July 8, 2012 – Homily for Morning Prayer, Karen Morgan
July 5, 2009 – Fifth Sunday After Pentecost, Proper 9 Year B By The Rev. Debbie Royals, with additions by The Rev. Kathryn M. Boswell, and also humble additions by Karen Morgan who delivered this to the congregation on July 8, 2012 at Morning Prayer. (RCL) 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10 and Psalm …
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