Latest Lenox Podcast Episodes
Power
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 19, 2021 11:33 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPower is meant to serve the good. Beware when power is put to serving power. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
To Change Your Mind
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 12, 2021 11:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRepentance, which is a change of mind, comes with repetition. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Far Away
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 05, 2021 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe moment when Jesus learned he was Christ for the world is an ugly one. Brace yourself for a moment when Jesus was't "the good guy." Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
Bare Necessities
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 22, 2021 12:18 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsEmpires rise and fall, but the word of the Lord speaks as ever. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Sorry About This
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 15, 2021 12:01 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJesus invites us to bring our worst--and our worst is pretty bad. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
What Are We to Do?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 09, 2021 18:59 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsRemember that old summer camp song, "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love (by our Love)"? Turns out that was pretty good stuff. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Mechanical Reproduction
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 01, 2021 11:57 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn this age of kitsch, where can we can find what's true, authentic, bearing an aura as almost halo? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Couch Potatoes?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 25, 2021 11:57 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhich will it be, couch or cross? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Following Up
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 18, 2021 12:32 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIn Jesus we meet someone worthy of our essential followership. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Be Cause
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 11, 2021 12:22 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIt is in any vent a final word on the subject. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Interdependence Day
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 04, 2021 12:05 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLangston Hughes got it right. Nearly a century ago, he knew America is aim and aspiration. He was right: it was then, and is still. America dies when our aspiration to be America dies. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Holding Pattern
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - June 27, 2021 12:22 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTo have and to hold: the church asks a lot. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Does It Not Matter to You?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - June 20, 2021 11:21 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCourse correction: we've gotten God wrong. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
All Shall Be Well
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - June 13, 2021 11:35 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat if God really is at work in all things for good? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Let Loose
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - June 06, 2021 21:58 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAs we set off into ordinary time, we've got quite a challenge to live out. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Pandemic Pentecost
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - May 23, 2021 11:40 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPentecost, the event, comes after a protracted period of waiting for apostles. Sound familiar? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Bated Breath
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - May 16, 2021 12:26 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis is a weird Sunday for celebrating. On the other hand, it might really speak to our moment. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) With thanks to Nappy Roots' for their song, Good Day.
Story Time
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - May 09, 2021 22:02 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPull up a chair, it's story time. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Re-Centering
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - May 02, 2021 12:02 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe church is a humanizing project. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Never Live in Fear Again
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - April 25, 2021 11:31 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhen you lay down your life for your friends, you're dangerous to the status quo, but you're close to the kingdom of God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Thanks to Nahkane's "New Brighton" for inspiring the mantra that is the title of this sermon.
Durable Good
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - April 18, 2021 12:09 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhen astonishing truth claims is all you've got--that and a Resurrecting God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Up, Up and Away!
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - April 11, 2021 12:14 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAre we hoping God will turn back time, or are we good with God redeeming time? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Shout out to The Call for use of their song, "I Still Believe."
Easter Sunday 2021
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - April 04, 2021 11:32 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsResurrection Day! Or might we prefer Insurrection? There's a lot these days to rise up against... Alleluia! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Which Way?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - March 28, 2021 11:28 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPalm Sunday reminds us of the two choices we grace, and encourages us to take the way of Jesus. Thanks to Thievery Corporation for their terrific song Forgotten People. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Christian Mass (Murder)?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - March 21, 2021 18:26 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsConsidering last week's Godly Play story in the light of this week's terrible events. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
For Now
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - March 08, 2021 16:18 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat the ancient way of sanctifying time might mean for us in the age of Zoom worship. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Ruin & Repair
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - February 21, 2021 12:56 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe rainbow signals a shift, if not in God then at least our perception of God. Jesus' coming confirms it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) This features Guster's great song Two At a Time.
Skip to the End
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - February 14, 2021 13:24 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHere we take a big breath before diving into the depths of Lent. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) This episode features Regina Spektor's great song "Laughing With."
Pandemic & Pandemonium
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - February 07, 2021 17:34 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMonterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
With Stand
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - January 31, 2021 13:18 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsOurs isn't to fight. It's to wirthstand. We're not amidst a battle. We're amidst an arrival and an occupation of good and true. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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