Tag Archives: God
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 …
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 – …
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 …
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 …
April 7, 2024, What Mission Statement?, Matthew 11:28-30 – Mtr. Kathryn Boswell
To listen to the sermon, click the link above. The text is below. The second Sunday after Easter is traditionally Thomas Sunday; we read the story of Doubting Thomas, who wouldn’t believe that Jesus had risen until he experienced it for himself, until he saw and touched the physical body of Christ. And it wasn’t …
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 …
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