Tag Archives: Bible
March 30, 2024, Behind the Scenes, John 19:38-42 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
No recording of this sermon is available. It’s hard to know what to say tonight, or what to think. Nothing much seems to be happening. Tonight the stone blocks the mouth of the tomb. And just to make sure it stays that way, the religious authorities that be have set a guard to prevent any …
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 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 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, …
January 28, 2024, Love Trumps Theology, I Corinthians 8 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. One tricky thing about reading the Bible is that it was written two thousand years ago. The people who were writing were living in the ancient Middle East – they were raised as faithful Jews, schooled in the Torah – their lives …
January 21, 2024, God Changed His Mind, Jonah 3 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. I’m pretty sure the story of Jesus calling Peter and Andrew and James and John was one of my kids’ all-time favorite Bible stories. Our Sunday School teacher, Abby Peck, who was the wife of one of our elders, and the sweetest …
January 14, 2024, He Chose You, John 1:43-51 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text of the sermon is below. When Jesus was saying good-bye to his close friends, on the night before he was crucified, he told them this: “You didn’t choose me – I chose you.” All hell was about to break loose, literally, in their lives. …
December 31, 2023, What If God Was One of Us?, John 1:1-18 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is given below: 1. The passage we just read from John’s gospel gave us an account of the coming of Christ – one of the most important events in human history – in 304 words. How does he do that? It is an absolutely …
March 19, 2017, Nobody Doesn’t Need to be Known – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click here: Z0000013 I want to start today with a story that happened just this past week, when I had the privilege of delivering a gift on behalf of our Women’s Guild. We had voted at our last meeting to help out a young family, a hard-working mother and father …
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