Liz 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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Join Reverend Elizabeth Lerner and dynamic guest speakers on explorations of the heart, soul, mind and spirit, carrying forward the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan B. Anthony, and other notable members of our faith. To learn more about the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring (UUCSS), visit us at www.uucss.org. To learn about Unitarian Universalism, check out www.uua.org.
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Jesus can take it. He seems actually to really want to take it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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People love their gardens--and some are even willing to work for them. Others just want a hammock to swing in. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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An ironic podcast, offered in the hope that in its mechanical reproduction it doesn't too much decay. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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John understands the power of the people to be the source of temptation, doing the devil's work, as it were. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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What are we supposed to do? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Take your rest. God's purpose is being accomplished. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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When your power to act is frustrated by liomitation, consider if God's love rather than some terrible offense. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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What a wild idea. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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It's happening. Do you not perceive it? Do you not want to join in on it? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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We're back in Ordinary Time, the steady of walk of faith through the many weeks of the season after Pentecost. With this, we take a breather following many litugical high points. Just in time for some summer rest. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Trinity Sunday: the annual reminder that this isn't a doctine, it's a dynamic. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Happy birthday, church. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Who loses when we bring such calous disregard to our institutions? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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For 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)
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Taking 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)
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Requesting 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)
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Happy Easter! Now, let's get going. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The day is surely coming, but until it's here this will do. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The 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)
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Time 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)
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Who requires the suffering of Christ? We've often gotten that important quesiton wrong. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Maybe 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)
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Sometimes what's shiny objects to our refusal to allow it to be more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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We 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)
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We're not usually this sick, but sometimes we do really need strong mediine. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Your attention is your most precious resource. Pay it to something worthy. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The call is coming from inside the house--or not. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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This 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..
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The 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)
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Here's a homily to follow the gospel readings of the nativity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The 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)
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Advent is so short; Advent is so long! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Repentance might sound scary. It's so much more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Advent begins adventure. And there's no going back. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The end of the church year brings us to what endures: love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The 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)
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We're but in the mdidle of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Would you take a course in the art of following. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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God'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)
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Here's a sermon about true signs as opposed to graven images. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Church as sanctuary. Is this purpose enough to save us? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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Will 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
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Fairness or grace: which do you want? Becasue you can't have both., Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The forgiven must forgive. It could have been a much shorter sermon that it is. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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How to be community with out butting in. That's a tough one. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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God begs us to pay our attention to what's worthy of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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When religious people are short on faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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What are you doing here? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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God plays in the world as sufficiency. Enough can be a blessing. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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The kingdom of heaven is as... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
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