Tag Archives: Christianity
April 18, 2025, Good Friday, John 16:1 – 19:42 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The people, the ragged multitudes who followed Jesus like hungry sheep, who hung on his every word, who brought their sick and lame and demon-possessed to him by the thousands to be made well and whole – they don’t come off too …
March 2, 2025, Listen! – Luke 9:28-36 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below: lot of times, the breakdown in a relationship has to do with a lack of listening: a wife feels like her husband doesn’t love her any more because he doesn’t listen to her. Or a child yells at his parents in frustration, …
February 23, 2025, Jesus Never Said I Had to Like You, Luke 6:27-38 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. We all know Jesus told us to love our enemies. But people like to point out that when Jesus told us to love our enemies, he never said that we have to like them – which can be a very comforting thing …
January 26, 2025, His Mission Is Our Mission, Luke 4:14-21 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Jesus was invited to read from the Scriptures in the synagogue in his home town. He opened up the scroll that is handed to him, the writings of the prophet Isaiah. he chooses a passage to read. And the reading began with …
January 12, 2025, Bringing Home the Light, Matthew 2:1-12 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. If you walked down Prospect Street last week you probably saw quite a few Christmas trees sticking up out of the snow banks along the road. The colored lights on porches and trees and bushes have been taken down, or at least …
January 5, 2025, Growing Up – It’s Only Human, Luke 2:41-52 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. I’ve been looking through boxes of old family photos lately – mostly pictures of my kids – at home, and on birthdays and holidays over the years. The funny thing about looking at old pictures is when I see a picture of …
December 29, 2024, The Splash of the Incarnation, John 1:14 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The first chapter of John is so beautiful to read and to listen to. It’s poetry, and it’s theology, and it’s all about the thing we call the Incarnation. The doctrine of the Incarnation is how Christians throughout the centuries have done …
December 22, 2024, Prince of Peace, Isaiah 9:6 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Tiny sermon #1 Salutation – a poem by Luci Shaw Luke 1:39-45 Framed in light, Mary sings through the doorway. Elizabeth’s six-month joy jumps, a palpable greeting, a hidden first encounter between son and Son. And my heart turns over when I …
December 15, 2024, Advent 3, Eternal Father, Isaiah 9:6 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to this sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light;those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,on them has light shone. You have multiplied the nation;you have increased its joy;they rejoice before youas with joy at the harvest,as they are glad when they divide the spoil. …
December 8, 2024, Mighty God, Isaiah 9:6, – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. Welcome to the second week of Advent. The word “Advent” means “coming,” so this season, of all the seasons of the year, is all about the One who is coming. When we get ready to receive company, family or friends or whoever …
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