Rev. Liz Goodman, Lenox & Monterey UCC

Christ-like living is more than mastering a few talking points. But talking points can be useful when all the shouting dies down.

Direct download: Talking_Points_Sermon.m4a
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Sometimes a difference of opinion is also a show of respect. Sometimes critical thinking is a show of devotion. Liz isn't in total accord with 2nd Peter, but she surprises herself to discover she is in some ways. When righteous living lands on the left...

Direct download: What_Are_We_Waiting_For.m4a
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This isn't a sermon, but a radio program that was aired on WSBS and recorded at their station in Great Barrington. It concerns an enormous issue, and only touches on one aspect of it. With much more to be said about the #metoo campaign and the events that precipitated it and the many more that have flowed from it, this is but the beginning of the conversation.

Direct download: metoo--12.10.17.mp3
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This sermon is the first of the new church year, from the 1st Sunday of Advent. If you're exhausted by everything going in in the world, if you scroll your Facebook feed in some compulsive need for soothing but also disturbance, then this might be just what you need to hear.

Direct download: Nows_the_TIme--2.m4a
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An sermon wherein Shakespeare, Hunger Games, Han and Luke, Matthew and Jesus, catharsis, and "the least of these" all come out to play, published with apologies for the recording glitch in the middle of it.

Direct download: Hell_Hath_No_Fury.m4a
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A sermon in which fiery Amos gets the better of Liz, preached on November 12, 2017.

Direct download: Thoughts_and_Prayers.m4a
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A sermon concerning the proliferation of opioids, the grip of addiction (personally and socially), and the profits to made of it all, in which a line from "Thor: Ragnarok" is surprisingly apropos: "Proud to have it, ashamed of how he got it." From Nov. 5, 2017.

Direct download: Profts_and_Loss--2.m4a
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Liz preached this sermon in Monterey, Massachusetts on October 22, 2017.

Direct download: The_Things_of_this_World.m4a
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Liz Goodman preached this sermon in Monterey on September 24, 2017.

Direct download: Spiceys_Back.m4a
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Liz Goodman wrote this for the Lent 2018 edition of Journal for Preachers and preached it in Monterey on September 10, 2017

Direct download: Row_Row_Row_Our_Boat.m4a
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Liz Goodman preached this on October 1, 2017 at the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, MA.

Direct download: Flirting_with_Disaster.m4a
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This sermon is to say good-bye to one of our beloved members. His last Sunday with us was Oct. 8, 2017.

Direct download: Barts_Last_Sunday.m4a
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This Sermon was delivered by Rev. Liz Goodman from the pulpit of the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, on August 6, 2017, 2016.  Introduction and closing music is performed by Eric Martin, with voice by Dan Wing.  We are grateful to Richard Weber for his permission to use his painting of Monterey for the album art.

Direct download: 08-06-2017_Grief_and_Greivance.m4a
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This Sermon was delivered by Rev. Liz Goodman from the pulpit of the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, on January 22, 2017, 2016.  Introduction and closing music is performed by Eric Martin, with voice by Dan Wing.  We are grateful to Richard Weber for his permission to use his painting of Monterey for the album art.

Direct download: 01-22-2017_No.m4a
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This Sermon was delivered by Rev. Liz Goodman from the pulpit of the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, on January 8, 2017.  Introduction and closing music is performed by Eric Martin, with voice by Dan Wing.  We are grateful to Richard Weber for his permission to use his painting of Monterey for the album art.

Direct download: 01-08-2017_Of_Racer_Snakes.m4a
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This Sermon was delivered by Rev. Liz Goodman from the pulpit of the Monterey United Church of Christ in Monterey, Massachusetts, on January 1, 2017.  Introduction and closing music is performed by Eric Martin, with voice by Dan Wing.  We are grateful to Richard Weber for his permission to use his painting of Monterey for the album art.

Direct download: 01-01-2017_Holiday_Embellishments.m4a
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