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Online Sermons
 Getting There, Being There
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
Jun 7, 2009
Our alarm clock goes off at 7 o’clock every morning. Actually the clock radio comes on at seven and we wake up to NPR’s Morning Edition news program. But that is the second wake up time. The first alarm is set for 6:30 because that is when I really want to get up. I have to admit, though, that I often shut off that 6:30 alarm because I don’t like the NPR program, called The Takeaway, that comes on then and I would rather go back to sleep.
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Alone Together
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
May 31, 2009
In your bulletins this morning, you have an insert that has what looks like two mazes on it; on one side is a square maze and on the other is a round one. (So, no, we didn’t make a mistake and give everyone a children’s activity page.)
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Carrying On
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
May 24, 2009
Last Tuesday I went to a meeting of the Somerset Area Ministerial Association, an ecumenical group of clergy from around Somerville. Our guest was Cynthia Voorhees from the Somerset County Office on Aging. Cynthia described the many services the Office on Aging offers both to senior citizens and to their caregivers: Meals on Wheels, senior grocery shopping, medical transportation, chronic disease care management, respite care, legal assistance, mental health counseling, adult day programs, help with Medicare and Medicaid, housekeeping, caregiver support and education programs... to name a few.
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Unconvinced
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
May 17, 2009
Over the past couple of weeks, two troubling matters have been stewing together on the back burner of my mind. God has been stirring the pot from time to time and now, I think, the concoction may be ready to serve up to you in a sermon.
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Dressed in Love
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
May 10, 2009
It pained me to even hear her say it. “You know, if you cut that lilac bush down about half, you’ll have more growth at the bottom and a nicer plant.”
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One Humanity, One Flock
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
May 3, 2009
There are two different bulletin covers this morning. Some of you have the burgundy one with the illustration of diverse people – men and women of different cultures, young and old, dark-skinned and light (and a cat, which baffles me) – gathered around a round communion table. The holy meal is prepared; they are ready to partake.
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A Path Strewn With Questions
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
Apr 26, 2009
Each of you gets to take part in the sermon this morning, at least at the beginning. In your bulletin you will find a blank white card. I want you to take a few moments to think and then write down a question that you would like to ask God, a major question of faith, a matter important to you. Maybe it will be something about suffering or about the nature of Jesus Christ or the purpose of life or about the church. Maybe it will be a topic you have been afraid to come close to, afraid to ask for some reason, or a question that disturbs, challenges or demands something of you.
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The Guiding Light
by Rev. Kathryn Henry
Apr 19, 2009
By now you know. The word is out. The longest running soap opera in broadcasting history, Guiding Light, has been cancelled by CBS. The show has been on radio and television for seventy-two years, beginning on NBC radio in 1937 and moving to CBS television in 1952.
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