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 a few representative sermons given by Pastor Karin Kilpatric:
- Transfiguration Sunday: Coming Down the Mountain (2/11/2018)
- The Healing of Simon’s Mother-in-Law (2/4/2018)
- He is Risen: The Stones Speak (Easter 4/16/2017)
- November’s Dark Beauty (11/20/2016)
- Facing Our Fear as We Live in Love (11/6/2016)
- Parable of the Rich Fool (8/7/2016)
- Mary’s Wild Love (3/6/2016)
- The Freedom to Straighten Up (2/28/2016)
- What Are We Waiting For? (11/30/2014)
- Labor of Love (8/31/2014)
- On This Rock (8/21/2014)
- Walking with Reverent Air (8/10/2014)
- Blessed and Sent Forth (7/20/2014)
- A Return to the 100 Acre Wood (6/29/2014)
- The Breath that Makes Us One (6/8/14)
