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Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - January 25, 2021 14:50 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsMonterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Symbolic & Diabolic
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - January 18, 2021 21:26 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsStorming the Capitol is a bad idea. Can we say that? Can we say there are bad ideas? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Speech-Act
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - January 11, 2021 16:03 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWords describe and create, so be let's be careful with them--careful with what you say, careful about to whom you listen. Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church (UCC)
Merry Christmas
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - January 03, 2021 17:38 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsLogos became flesh and lived among us? Really? Why? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Christmas Eve 2020
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - December 27, 2020 12:56 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHere's the homily from Christmas Eve 2020. Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
Keep On Keeping On
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - December 27, 2020 12:54 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe gift of the say after Christmas is sometimes the simple blessing of getting back to ordinary life. This year, even that simple blessing was a bit much to hope for. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
When Yes Is Yes
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - December 20, 2020 18:01 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsDo we need to worry about Mary? Or can we take her at her word? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Past Waiting
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - December 13, 2020 12:59 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsAdvent is waiting, preparing, and waiting. What gives? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Just Wait
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - December 06, 2020 17:42 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsPreparing for Christmas might cause us to recognize there's no getting ready for what's actually to come. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Guest Room
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - November 29, 2020 12:52 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCOVID makes hospitality for all practical purposes impossible. But the guest we await in the world is coming anyway, and coming to take over. Before you know it he'll be the host. So get ready. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Christ the King 2020
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - November 22, 2020 13:18 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhere Christ is king, the rule is love. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
In Between Days
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - November 15, 2020 13:06 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're nearing the end of the church year, and we're heading into a dark season dominated by the pandemic. Maybe these are labor pains...?
For All You Saints
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - November 01, 2020 13:50 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis one goes out to all you saints in thanks and praise. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Thanks to Alchemy for their music!
Taking Your Time
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - November 01, 2020 13:45 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsTake your time with this one--shorter than usual, but longer than it needed to be if this were simply a matter of information and not inspiration. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Thanks to Alchemy for their music!
Runaway
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - October 18, 2020 13:14 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe children's library has hidden among its shelves a great theological text on the sovereignty of God. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Short Days of Longing
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - October 11, 2020 13:35 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThese are days of longing. For this, we find ourselves in good company, if though from a social distance. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Now What
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - October 04, 2020 12:53 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIf God is sustainer, and God is free, could it be that God would withdraw the sustaining spirit? And if that happens, then now what? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
A Remnant of Reality
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 27, 2020 12:08 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhen all falls away, this remnant of what’s real: Church. Seek, hold its frayed hem. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Not in a Laughing Mood
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 20, 2020 11:33 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsIt isn't often that the Bible strikes a wrong tone because it's just too silly to go with our lived difficulties. But mood-matching has never been easy among otherwise devoted partners. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Keeping It Together
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 15, 2020 17:36 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSundays haven't been the same since COVID imposed itself upon our lives. When is it time to settle on new traditions? Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church (UCC)
*Our* Way Is the High Way
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 13, 2020 11:51 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHow do you keep it all together? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Where Kitsch Can't Catch Us
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - September 06, 2020 11:26 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWe're awash in kitsch--from our politics to our art to our religion to our homes and self-styling. What's a living being to do? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Church Going
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 23, 2020 19:29 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCongregations generally face lean times and times of plenty. Here's to the ones who withstand the lean times. Without them, those times of plenty would be lost. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Rightful Place
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 16, 2020 16:34 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJesus preaches against slander, and then slanders someone. What gives? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
What Are You Doing Here?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 09, 2020 11:08 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThe mainline church has become sidelined. This is true in most of our congregations, true even in Lenox and Monterey. So what are doing here? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Where Do We Get Off?
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - August 02, 2020 16:51 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsHow do we understand what the gospel is worth in a place? What are we to make of tiny churches sitting on big endowments and gathering in expensive old buildings? Is this really the most efficient way to do things? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Giving Me the Creeps
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 26, 2020 12:05 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsYou might have come to believe the kingdom of heaven is reserved for only a blessed few. We're sorry to have too report its something for creepier than that. Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church (UCC)
Bad Riddance
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 19, 2020 11:59 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsClearly, something here is wrong. So, let's figure out what that is, and eradicate it once and for all. But what if that's what about here is wrong? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Home Sick
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 12, 2020 11:44 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsCOVID continues to keep us at a distance from one another, and gathering outdoors or online. Cast out of our sanctuaries which have long sustained us, what we're left with might not adequately sustain us. What are we to do? Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Inappropriate
Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC - July 05, 2020 11:07 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsWhat are we to make of the slow (but sure) work of salvation and redemption in our midst? How about this: come as we are, receive as we need, serve as we can, and most of all rejoice in the Lord. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Thanks to Alchemy for music! Buy the alb...
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