Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC
264 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLiz is the pastor of two United Church of Christ congregations, both in western Massachusetts, one in Monterey and the other in Lenox, and this is a podcast of the preaching from those two pulpits.
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Episodes
To Get Got
May 26, 2024 12:14 - 20 minutes - 19.9 MBTrinity Sunday: the annual reminder that this isn't a doctine, it's a dynamic. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Pentecost Sunday 2024
May 19, 2024 12:09 - 22 minutes - 21.6 MBHappy birthday, church. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Good Order
May 12, 2024 12:21 - 19 minutes - 19 MBWho loses when we bring such calous disregard to our institutions? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Church Is a New Generation
April 28, 2024 12:06 - 21 minutes - 21.9 MBFor those who are cut off or isolatyed or cast out of all generation, the Church is a body for new possiblity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Blind Can See
April 21, 2024 12:17 - 17 minutes - 16.8 MBTaking up the cross isn't to hammer others with it but to excercise a willingness to be the one hanging from it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Sunflowers, All
April 07, 2024 12:07 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MBRequesting to see the wounds isn't doubt, and isn't morbiod fascination. It's Thomas leading us away from his own nationalism into real faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Resurrection Sunday 2024
March 31, 2024 11:54 - 16 minutes - 15.6 MBHappy Easter! Now, let's get going. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Practice 'til Perfect
March 17, 2024 12:11 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBThe day is surely coming, but until it's here this will do. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Gather for May Be
March 10, 2024 12:18 - 21 minutes - 22 MBThe church gathers for what may be, and by this we give occasion for it to be. Impossible love! Imperitive love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
We Would Be (a) Building
March 03, 2024 13:18 - 19 minutes - 20 MBTime offers a different sort of temple in which the church can gather. It requires a lot less maintanance. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Must-ness
February 25, 2024 13:29 - 20 minutes - 20.6 MBWho requires the suffering of Christ? We've often gotten that important quesiton wrong. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Ruin or Repair
February 18, 2024 13:23 - 20 minutes - 20 MBMaybe it's time to changeg our minds about God, that God isn't about ruin but about repair. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Shiny Objects
February 11, 2024 13:00 - 15 minutes - 15.6 MBSometimes what's shiny objects to our refusal to allow it to be more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Power to Serve
February 04, 2024 13:15 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MBWe all want to change the world. The question is what end we'd hope such change will bring about. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Strong Medicine
January 28, 2024 13:22 - 19 minutes - 20 MBWe're not usually this sick, but sometimes we do really need strong mediine. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Pay Attention
January 21, 2024 13:07 - 15 minutes - 15.2 MBYour attention is your most precious resource. Pay it to something worthy. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Ding-a-Ling
January 14, 2024 13:07 - 17 minutes - 17 MBThe call is coming from inside the house--or not. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Cantilena MLK Concert Talk
January 12, 2024 19:50 - 14 minutes - 13.8 MBThis is a special edition of the podcast, a talk I will give at a concert in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. near his birthday..
Knowing What We Know
January 07, 2024 14:04 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBThe Magi should frighten us--for how do they know what they know, and how do we know what this new revelation makes known and how do we know we can trust it? When orthodoxy falls by the wayside, how do you find a new--and true--way? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Christmas Eve 2023
December 24, 2023 17:32 - 12 minutes - 12.5 MBHere's a homily to follow the gospel readings of the nativity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Hard to Believe
December 23, 2023 14:39 - 10 minutes - 10.4 MBThe Virgin Birth: maybe the queston shouldn't be whether it's true but should be, "If it's true, what does it mean?" Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
(Not) Long Now
December 17, 2023 12:54 - 20 minutes - 19 MBAdvent is so short; Advent is so long! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
It's Not What You Think
December 10, 2023 13:18 - 16 minutes - 15.3 MBRepentance might sound scary. It's so much more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Next Year's Troubles
December 03, 2023 13:11 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MBAdvent begins adventure. And there's no going back. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Love Is King
November 26, 2023 13:19 - 20 minutes - 19.5 MBThe end of the church year brings us to what endures: love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Mission Is Mercy
November 19, 2023 12:28 - 21 minutes - 19.9 MBThe question is whether we're going for with the mission or burying it for safe keeping. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Whole Story
November 12, 2023 13:12 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBWe're but in the mdidle of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Art of Following
November 05, 2023 13:12 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBWould you take a course in the art of following. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Tacking Into the Wind
October 22, 2023 11:59 - 19 minutes - 18.3 MBGod's sovereinty is one more scanalandous claim of the Christian faith. History provides so many reasons to think otherwise. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Know Justice, Know Peace
October 15, 2023 12:18 - 18 minutes - 17.8 MBHere's a sermon about true signs as opposed to graven images. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Come In from the Storm
October 08, 2023 12:31 - 23 minutes - 22 MBChurch as sanctuary. Is this purpose enough to save us? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Yes, but No. No, but Yes.
October 01, 2023 12:12 - 19 minutes - 18.8 MBWill you do what you say you won't, or will you refuse but come around eventually? Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
This Had Better Be Good
September 24, 2023 12:01 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBFairness or grace: which do you want? Becasue you can't have both., Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
The Forgiven Must Forgive
September 17, 2023 12:28 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MBThe forgiven must forgive. It could have been a much shorter sermon that it is. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
A Keeper
September 10, 2023 12:12 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MBHow to be community with out butting in. That's a tough one. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Attention Pleas
September 03, 2023 11:36 - 21 minutes - 20.6 MBGod begs us to pay our attention to what's worthy of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Shocked! Shocked!
August 20, 2023 12:01 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBWhen religious people are short on faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Being In Love
August 13, 2023 11:36 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBWhat are you doing here? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Enough
August 06, 2023 11:23 - 21 minutes - 20.5 MBGod plays in the world as sufficiency. Enough can be a blessing. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Hiding in Plain Sight
July 30, 2023 11:51 - 24 minutes - 22.9 MBThe kingdom of heaven is as... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Evil Twin
July 23, 2023 11:41 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MBBut which is which? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Behave Yourself
June 25, 2023 11:34 - 22 minutes - 21.2 MBFollowing Jesus won't necessarily make your life easier or your relationships better. Some social structures would rather you compromise the truth than live into it. You've been warned. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Laugh It Up, Fuzzball
June 18, 2023 11:44 - 24 minutes - 23.2 MBSarah laughed, gave birth to Laughter, making us sons and daughters of laughter. So laugh it up, Fuzzball. Let your lung be filled with God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Wandering Sermon
June 11, 2023 11:43 - 19 minutes - 18.8 MBAs we embark into Ordinary Time, we'll be spending it together, which is itself the point. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Word = Deed
June 04, 2023 11:16 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBAuthority is the power to name what's real. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Surprise, Right on Schedule
May 28, 2023 11:27 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBPrepared for surprise: the church is full of contradictions. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
It's (Not) Complicated
May 21, 2023 11:45 - 23 minutes - 22.6 MBThe ten-day wait between Jesus ascending and the Holy Spirit: we endure it once again. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Ties that Gently Bind
May 14, 2023 11:29 - 18 minutes - 17.4 MBThe church isn't abut heroics, it's about creating communities where heroics are less in demand. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Object Permanence`
May 07, 2023 11:45 - 22 minutes - 21.5 MBJesus is going, but he is also staying. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Get Real, Close
April 16, 2023 11:38 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBThe gospel has embodied imperitives. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)