A personal view on sermons by Pastor Karin Kilpatric: The Bible is a book full of layers of oral history, which later became written history — of poetry and story, lamentation, celebration, and praise. It was pieced together by human beings who lived in specific times and cultures in an attempt to express their understanding of Judeo-Christian theology.
A well-crafted sermon invites the listener to play with the Bible’s inspiring, challenging, confusing, contradictory, and comforting words. The sermon can serve to help the meaning of these words come alive again in our contemporary world. At its best, a sermon speaks to the essence of our humanity, both personal and collective, and touches on the nature of the Divine. It can free both the speaker and the listener to find the deeper imagination within the Biblical tales and truths as well as that, which lives at the core of each of us.
As a preacher, I am humbled each week by the task of sermon preparation but also empowered to connect more deeply to my faith and to the life and soul experiences of the members of my congregation.
Here are recent sermons given by Pastor Karin Kilpatric:
- from the 1st Sunday of Advent, 2020: Awakening to the Lion’s Roar (11/29/2020) or listen here.
- Sowing the Seeds of Our Future (7/12/2020) or listen here.
- Daring Discipleship in Uncertain Times (6/21/2020) or listen here.
- Pentecost: The Birthday of the Indwelling Spirit (5/31/2020) or listen here.
- Ascension Sunday and Memorial Day Sunday (5/24/2020) or listen here.
- A Living Stone (5/17/2020) or listen here.
- A Festival of Coming Home (Mother’s Day 5/10/2020) or listen here.
- The 23rd Psalm: An Intimate Invitation (5/3/2020)
or listen here. - Hands of Blessing, Blessed Hands (4/26/2020)
- For the Beauty of the Earth: The Healing Power of Nature’s Beauty (4/19/2020)
- An Empty Tomb–A Transplanted Heart (Easter 4/12/2020)
- Riding on a Donkey (Palm Sunday 4/5/2020)
- Wounded Healers (3/29/2020)
- A Message on Solitude in the Time of Quarantine (3/22/2020)
