Monterey Ucc: Rev. Liz Goodman

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)

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)

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)

Happy Easter! Now, let's get going.   Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The day is surely coming, but until it's here this will do. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

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)

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)

Who requires the suffering of Christ? We've often gotten that important quesiton wrong. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

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)

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)

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)

We're not usually this sick, but sometimes we do really need strong mediine. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Your attention is your most precious resource. Pay it to something worthy. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

The call is coming from inside the house--or not. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

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..  

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)

Here's a homily to follow the gospel readings of the nativity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

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)

Advent is so short; Advent is so long! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

Repentance might sound scary. It's so much more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)