Katherine Merrell Glenn

Sermons and Bible Studies
We Have So Many Ways…, Proper 6 (A) – 2002
We have so many ways of learning about God. We learn from Holy Scripture, of course. We learn from our worship, from the seasons of the year and the glories of nature, from one another, in our prayers. There is a way of watching movies that can open our minds and hearts to God in […]
What An Exciting Thing It Is…, Trinity Sunday (A) – 2002
Trinity Sunday — what an amazing thing it is to celebrate a doctrine of the church with its own Sunday in the church year! There are designated Sundays for a couple of Christianity’s central doctrines — the Incarnation and the Resurrection — but these are directly related to the life of Jesus. The doctrine of […]
Therefore, What God Has Joined…, Proper 22 (B) – 2000
Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate. I promiseâ¦until we are parted by death. This is my solemn vow. How many of us have repeated these words? They seemed so true, so beautiful, so eternal, so right, didn’t they, when we first said them? Yet for some of us, they have become […]
It Was An Early October Evening…, Proper 14 (B) – 2000
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. Edmond J. Dunn tells this story: “It was an early October evening in a university town in the late 1950’s. I […]
As Jesus Went Ashore…, Proper 11 (B) – 2000
As [Jesus] went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Back from a long trip, exhausted yet exhilarated, eager to report to their master, the disciples leap at Jesus’ offer to give them a day off in a relaxing spot with no […]
You Have Received…, Trinity Sunday (B) – 2000
“You have received a spirit of adoption. When we cry, “Abba! Father!” it is that very Spirit bearing witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ.” “No one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and […]
The Faith of a Few Good Friends…, Epiphany 7 (B) – 2000
Steve and Annie Chapman sing a song that includes these lines: They took that man to Jesus; He had no faith of his own, But when Jesus saw the faith of a few good friends, He said, “Take up your bed, take up your bed and go home. The faith of a few good friends. […]
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