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June 23, 2024, Mark 4:35-41, What Are You So Afraid Of? – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. I am afraid of the dark. I know that seems baby-ish,, but if I am honest I have to admit that as old as I am, I am still afraid of the dark. When I walk Dobby around the yard late at …

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June 16, 2024, The Gardener, Mark 4:26-32 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. An outline is given below. Springtime trips to Agway and Graber’s greenhouse – instant gardens But that’s not the kind of gardening Jesus is talking about. One of the first things about gardening is that it begins in the hands of the gardener. Imagine the Creator …

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June 9, 2024, The Chaotic Family of God, Mark 3:20-35 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Last weekend MaryEllen and I were blessed to be able to attend the 156th Convention of the Diocese of Albany at the YMCA Camp at Silver Bay. The weather was picture-perfect the entire weekend; the facility itself was absolutely beautiful; the lake …

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June 2, 2024, Do Not Love Me Like a Rock, Mark 3:1-6 – guest speaker, Carroll Boswell

To listen to the sermon plus a little beyond it, click the link above. The text is below. 1. When did Jesus get angry? What is the first event that pops into your mind when you try to imagine Jesus being angry? Most people think immediately of Jesus making the whip and clearing the Temple. …

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May 26, 2024, You Must Be Born Again, John 3:1-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today Jesus uses the metaphor of birth, which is something I am pretty familiar with. You know we have had ten children, and every single one of our children’s births was completely different. Some of my labors were very, very long – …

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May 12, 2024, Blessed and Fruitful and … Known, Psalm 1 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Sometimes I have nights – and I know you have them, too – where I lie there, exhausted but wide awake, my mind racing like a hamster on a little treadmill, running through lists of undone tasks, regretting bad choices and hurtful …

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May 9, 2024, Don’t Look Back, Acts 1:1-11 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

The recording is above, the text is below. At his last supper with the Twelve, Jesus told them something that probably didn’t make any sense to them at the time. “You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am …

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April 28, 2024, What Is to Prevent It? Acts 8:26-40 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Today we get to read our story. St. Philip doesn’t get a lot of air time in the Bible, But he does get a starring role in one of the most interesting and colorful stories in the whole book of Acts, which …

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April 14, 2023, Was It a Ghost? Luke 24:36-49 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

Above is a link to the recording of the sermon. The text is below. I think we have all felt worn out, at one time or another, from hearing nothing but bad news, whether it’s on TV or online or in the papers. Sometimes the news media try to make people feel better by including …

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March 31, 2024, Easter Sunday, Joy and a Little Chaos in the Morning – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell

To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. If you read over the accounts of the Passion and Resurrection in all four gospels, you would notice a great many things, but there is one thing might jump out at you. When it comes to Easter morning, they don’t read anything …

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