Serious faith isn't about "believing" in what seems impossible. It's about allowing the story of our faith work in our lives, bearing forth all its implications for how and why to live.

This sermon wanders through kitsch and art, sin and salvation, history and that which is beyond history.

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Church on the Hill, Lenox

Sheela Clary joins Liz once again, this time to talk about living in a Meritocracy, and how to resist its appeals.

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Church on the Hill, Lenox

John was expecting a Messiah who would eradicate all that's (so obviously) wrong with the world. What he got was a Messiah who would redeem. The question is whether there's joy to be found in that.

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Church on the Hill, Lenox

It's not clear how things will change with the advent of the one for whom we wait. What we do know is that, in order for us to truly perceive the kingdom come near, we'll need to repent, which is to expand our imagining of what is possible and even dare to consider what seems impossible. 

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Church on the Hill, Lenox

Here's to beginning the new church year off right.

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Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)