Audio of sermon preached for St. John’s UCC, Bongards, MN. February 24, 2019. You can listen here: Transform: in Heart, Hands & Head From the sermon series SHINE YOUR LIGHT: Manifesting Epiphany
SERMON: Close Your Eyes, and Wait.
“Be very sure. In your darkest hour, God is with you and is searching for you even when you feel lost.” Read More
SERMON: An Epic Battle
Audio of sermon preached for North Presbyterian Church, North St. Paul, MN. June 16, 2013. Listen to it here: AN EPIC BATTLE
SERMON: Claim Your Inheritance
“Throughout all of these messages is woven this key ideal: that we are to give our first fruits to God – to live with loyalty and faithfulness.” Read More
SERMON: Spring Forward
Audio of a sermon preached for North Presbyterian Church, North St. Paul, MN. March 7, 2013. Listen to the sermon here: SPRING FORWARD
SERMON: Rotten Fruit, Tangled Cords & Kingdom Prayers
“I wonder if you can imagine for a minute: what is the connection between overripe bananas, tangled cords, and an overbearing heavy load? What do these three things have in common?” Read More
SERMON: An Epic Battle
“It is hard to stay in tension – even good tension. But it may just be that the interplay between faith and works, grace and law, covenant and gospel is what keeps our faith active.” Read More
Sermon: Reaping Peace
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to one another.”
– Mother Theresa Read More
SERMON: Metaphors Are Tricky
“How do you feel when I say:
– a wolf in sheep’s clothing?
– the black sheep of the family?
– Mary had a little lamb?
– a lamb to the slaughter?
Each of these images bringes about a slightly different emotion. That is why metaphors are tricky; they are colored by the perceptions (and misperceptions) that we bring to them.” Read More
LITURGY: Fugue of Blessed Women
OR, The Litany for Women Who Have No Choice. The following can be used as a litany or a multi-voice sermon. It was originally written for a prayer service focused on advocating for women’s health rights for the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities VOICE 4: Blessed are you who are poor, for yours… Read More
Cathy Mia Kolwey 