Sun, 4 June 2023
Direct download: Word__Deed.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:16am EDT
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Sun, 28 May 2023
Prepared for surprise: the church is full of contradictions. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Surprise_Right_on_Schedule.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:27am EDT
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Sun, 21 May 2023
The ten-day wait between Jesus ascending and the Holy Spirit: we endure it once again. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Word__Silence.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:45am EDT
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Sun, 14 May 2023
The church isn't abut heroics, it's about creating communities where heroics are less in demand. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Ties_that_Gently_Bind.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:29am EDT
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Sun, 7 May 2023
Direct download: Object_Permanence.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:45am EDT
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Sun, 16 April 2023
Direct download: Get_Real_Close.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:38am EDT
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Sun, 9 April 2023
Direct download: Resurrection_Day_2023.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:39am EDT
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Sun, 2 April 2023
Direct download: Palm_Sunday_2023.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:22am EDT
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Sun, 26 March 2023
Direct download: Attachment_Theory.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:44am EDT
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Sun, 19 March 2023
Jesus has come to complete the creation as it is not yet finished. It's going well, of course. But it could be better. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Not_Finished.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:34am EDT
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Sun, 12 March 2023
Direct download: Barely.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:21am EDT
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Sun, 5 March 2023
God's people are always called out of the familair. And God's people are also always out there. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Come_Out_Come_Out_Wheverever_You_Are.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:53am EDT
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Tue, 28 February 2023
Lent is a good time to put it all back together, these shards of knowledge and suspicion, into a whole renewed wisdom. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Divided_Knowledge.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:14am EDT
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Sun, 19 February 2023
It's Transfiguration Sunday, and maybe we're ready. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Trans_Figure.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:19am EDT
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Sun, 12 February 2023
The church: we're supposed to be doing something, right? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Do_to_Be.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:11am EDT
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Sun, 5 February 2023
Direct download: Critical_Thinking.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:09am EDT
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Sun, 22 January 2023
You get what you get, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't get upset. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Get_Upset.mp3
Category: general
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Sun, 15 January 2023
When you don't know what you think you should know, it's hard to learn what you need to know. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Wheel_In_a_Wheel.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:31am EDT
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Sun, 8 January 2023
You can't always get what you want. But with Jesus as beloved, we get what we need. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Dashed_Expectations.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:35am EDT
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Sun, 18 December 2022
Christmas has become a monster of a season, but what it comes down to is almost embarrasingly basic.
Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Back_to_Basics.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:35am EDT
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Sun, 11 December 2022
Jesus is painfully, disappointingly local in his saving work. And the woirld's need is massive, endless. How will this possibly do? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox
Direct download: A_Feature_Not_a_Bug.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:34am EDT
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Sun, 4 December 2022
John helps us anticipate Jesus. But he didn't get everything about the one for whom we wait quite right. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: A_Divine_Comedy.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:38am EDT
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Sun, 27 November 2022
Advent present us with the challenge of hope--a full recogntion of what's dreadful about the world while also fully assured that God is coming, while also here, to restore, renew, and reign in love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Free_Cow.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:38am EDT
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Sun, 20 November 2022
We've reached the end of the church year, Christ the King Sunday, a tricky feast day. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Round_to_the_End.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:04am EDT
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Sun, 13 November 2022
Jesus warns that the world won't go easy on us. Isaiah envisions a new reality that will have worked all that out. Ours is to persevere toward this point. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Reality_Will_Save_Us.mp3
Category: general
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Sun, 6 November 2022
Direct download: Comma.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:19am EDT
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Sun, 23 October 2022
Prayer is a moemnt alone with your God, and sometimes that's as hard a things as there is. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Being_with_Being.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:33am EDT
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Sun, 16 October 2022
Jacob made progress, leaving Esau behind. Are we okay with that? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Progress.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:29am EDT
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Sun, 9 October 2022
God's presence shows up in places least expected and places where we perhaps we least want to be. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: No_Thanks_but_Thanks.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:31am EDT
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Sun, 2 October 2022
Where there is, turns out, either nothing or everything. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Liminal_Spaces.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:02am EDT
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Sun, 25 September 2022
Look for hopeless causes for the right of redemption might be yours. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Right_of_Redemption.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:11am EDT
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Sun, 18 September 2022
The church has squandered our wealth. What now to do? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Mismanagement.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:24am EDT
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Sun, 11 September 2022
Freedom is a terrible bruned. No wonder so many seek a cage. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Captive_Minds.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EDT
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Sun, 28 August 2022
The old ship of Zion moves slowly, but there's room for everyone. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Unassorted_Jib_Jabs.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:37am EDT
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Sun, 21 August 2022
Keeping the sabbath is as much about liberation as it is about rest. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: And_Twice_on_Sundays.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:55am EDT
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Sun, 14 August 2022
Jesus is tough to match moods with in August. Let's see if we can try,. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Lit_of_Fire.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:32am EDT
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Sun, 24 July 2022
A moment arrives, and all your readying must be done. Now you just receive. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: You_Might_Miss_This.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 5:18pm EDT
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Sun, 24 July 2022
Teach us to pray, the disciples said. Not how, or why, what to pray. Instead simply, Teach us to pray. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Unashamed.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 5:03pm EDT
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Sun, 10 July 2022
Be the Good Samaritan. Be the man who set out. There will come opporutnities for you be one or the other, and both make for good. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Most_People.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:25am EDT
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Sun, 3 July 2022
...and the what is the why. Sharing Jesus' love isn't a means to an end, it's the manifestation of the end. You don't get a rpize for doing it, it is itself the prize. Love. Love in action. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: The_How_Is_the_What.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:15am EDT
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Sun, 26 June 2022
The end is decided but how you get there is another question. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Where_You_Going.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 6:27pm EDT
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Sun, 19 June 2022
Direct download: Juneteenth.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:41am EDT
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Sun, 5 June 2022
Direct download: Clean_Up_This_Mess.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:19am EDT
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Sun, 22 May 2022
Direct download: Wandering_But_Not_Lost.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:25am EDT
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Sun, 15 May 2022
Peter is pulling a thread that could unravel the whole garment... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Thanks_for_Nothing_Peter.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:04am EDT
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Sun, 8 May 2022
Direct download: Hysterics.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:39am EDT
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Sun, 1 May 2022
You aren't that. So listen in peace and reassurance. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: The_Worst_Thing_Youve_Ever_Done.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:52am EDT
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Sun, 24 April 2022
Direct download: Call_and_Response.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:28am EDT
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Sun, 17 April 2022
Direct download: Resurrection_2022.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:58am EDT
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Sun, 10 April 2022
Palm Sunday is supposed to be a plesant celebration. I'm sorry to say, however... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Sorry_to_Say.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:23am EDT
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Sun, 3 April 2022
Embarrassing, intimate, smelling is indiscrimate--but also exclusive. With its insistence on the body, smelling demands, "You had to be there." Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: You_Smell.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:02am EDT
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Sun, 27 March 2022
Direct download: Fool_for_Love.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:18am EDT
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Sun, 20 March 2022
Time to get serious. No more Airbnb for us. Time to plant roots and bear fruit. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Nows_the_Time.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:48am EDT
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Sun, 13 March 2022
Direct download: Left_Wanting_2.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:16am EDT
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Sun, 6 March 2022
Bread and circus, please! But we don't live by bread alone. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Here_We_Are_Now_Entertain_Us.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:31am EDT
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Sun, 13 February 2022
Jesus and the twelve were hardly the gods they were enacting to be--and this is very much the point. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Extra_Ordinary.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EDT
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Sun, 6 February 2022
A close encounter with the holy can really leave us feeling ugly. Best to avoid it then? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Ashamed_of_Ourselves.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:20am EDT
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Sun, 23 January 2022
It would come to be called the "fullness of time." More coloquially, it's the 1st century AD. So, why now for God to act so radically in Christ? What made it the right time? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Why_Now.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:57am EDT
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Sun, 16 January 2022
It might be a tough thing to manage these days, but moments of joy will find us, enlighten us. Look for these moments and treasure them in your hearts. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Joy.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 9:14am EDT
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Sun, 9 January 2022
The magi were expecting probably something quite different...? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: This_Is_All.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 12:47pm EDT
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Sun, 2 January 2022
The 2nd Sunday after Christmas is maybe the worst Sunday to find ourselves back online for worship. But here we are... Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Excarnation.mp3
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Sun, 19 December 2021
Christmas isn't a holiday for nostalgia, it's a holiday to press us more deeply into today and the future that how live now will bring. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Its_Coming.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:25am EDT
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Sun, 12 December 2021
John was great at being a herald. He fell short of being the messiah. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Unquenchable_Fire.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:31am EDT
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Sun, 5 December 2021
Direct download: Ready_or_Not.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 2:51pm EDT
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Sun, 28 November 2021
The coming of the son of man coincides with a lot of trouble. So, is it good news that we've got a lot of trouble these days? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Good_Trouble.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:11am EDT
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Mon, 22 November 2021
The last Sunday of the church year is a good time to wonder whether we're up for another trip around the calendar. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: A_Few_Options.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 1:26pm EDT
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Sun, 14 November 2021
Numbers are down in congregations across the county, maybe across the country. Endurance is the name of the game for the faithful. So, who's with me? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: The_Skin_of_Our_Teeth.m4a
Category: general
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Sun, 7 November 2021
The widow might have been happy to give her last penny to the Temple. Jesus wasn't happy for her. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Tide_Up.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:53am EDT
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Sun, 24 October 2021
Jesus urges us to be as children. So what's stopping us from doing that? Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
Direct download: Hey_Kiddo.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:37am EDT
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Sun, 17 October 2021
Revolution? Resignation? Some mysterious third way? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: You_Say_You_Want_a_Revolution.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:39am EDT
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Sun, 10 October 2021
Hell is other people--or maybe that's the kingdom of heaven. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Enter_At_Your_Own_Risk.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:08am EDT
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Sun, 3 October 2021
Pay attention to the things that make your stumble on your way to God, and the things that help you get close. Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
Direct download: Hot_and_Cold.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:30am EDT
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Sun, 26 September 2021
The church isn't designed for efficiency. That said, there's no better time for manifesting the reign of God than now. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Asking_for_Trouble.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:37am EDT
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Sun, 19 September 2021
Power is meant to serve the good. Beware when power is put to serving power. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Power.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:33am EDT
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Sun, 12 September 2021
Repentance, which is a change of mind, comes with repetition. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: To_Change_Your_Mind.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:58am EDT
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Sun, 5 September 2021
The moment when Jesus learned he was Christ for the world is an ugly one. Brace yourself for a moment when Jesus was't "the good guy." Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Monterey Church, UCC
Direct download: Far_Away.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:00am EDT
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Sun, 22 August 2021
Empires rise and fall, but the word of the Lord speaks as ever. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Bare_Necessities.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:18am EDT
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Sun, 15 August 2021
Jesus invites us to bring our worst--and our worst is pretty bad. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Sorry_About_This.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:01am EDT
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Mon, 9 August 2021
Remember that old summer camp song, "They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love (by our Love)"? Turns out that was pretty good stuff. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: What_Do_We_Do_Now.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 2:59pm EDT
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Sun, 1 August 2021
In this age of kitsch, where can we can find what's true, authentic, bearing an aura as almost halo? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Mechanical_Reproduction.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:57am EDT
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Sun, 25 July 2021
Direct download: Couch_Potato.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:57am EDT
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Sun, 18 July 2021
In Jesus we meet someone worthy of our essential followership. Monterey Church (UCC) Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Following_Up.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:32am EDT
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Sun, 11 July 2021
Direct download: Be_Cause.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:22am EDT
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Sun, 4 July 2021
Langston Hughes got it right. Nearly a century ago, he knew America is aim and aspiration. He was right: it was then, and is still. America dies when our aspiration to be America dies. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Interdependence_Day.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:05am EDT
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Sun, 27 June 2021
Direct download: Holding_Pattern.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:22am EDT
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Sun, 20 June 2021
Direct download: Together_We_Sail.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:21am EDT
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Sun, 13 June 2021
What if God really is at work in all things for good? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: All_Shall_Be_Well.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:35am EDT
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Sun, 6 June 2021
As we set off into ordinary time, we've got quite a challenge to live out. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Let_Loose_2.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 5:58pm EDT
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Sun, 23 May 2021
Pentecost, the event, comes after a protracted period of waiting for apostles. Sound familiar? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Pandemic_Pentecost.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:40am EDT
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Sun, 16 May 2021
This is a weird Sunday for celebrating. On the other hand, it might really speak to our moment. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) With thanks to Nappy Roots' for their song, Good Day.
Direct download: Bated_Breath.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:26am EDT
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Sun, 9 May 2021
Direct download: Story_Time_2.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 6:02pm EDT
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Sun, 2 May 2021
Direct download: Re-Centering.m4a
Category: Christianity
-- posted at: 8:02am EDT
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Sun, 25 April 2021
When you lay down your life for your friends, you're dangerous to the status quo, but you're close to the kingdom of God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Thanks to Nahkane's "New Brighton" for inspiring the mantra that is the title of this sermon.
Direct download: Never_Live_in_Fear_Again.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:31am EDT
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Sun, 18 April 2021
When astonishing truth claims is all you've got--that and a Resurrecting God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Durable_Good.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:09am EDT
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Sun, 11 April 2021
Are we hoping God will turn back time, or are we good with God redeeming time? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) Shout out to The Call for use of their song, "I Still Believe."
Direct download: I_Still_Believe.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:14am EDT
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Sun, 4 April 2021
Resurrection Day! Or might we prefer Insurrection? There's a lot these days to rise up against... Alleluia! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Easter_Sunday_2021.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:32am EDT
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Sun, 28 March 2021
Palm Sunday reminds us of the two choices we grace, and encourages us to take the way of Jesus. Thanks to Thievery Corporation for their terrific song Forgotten People. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Which_Way.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:28am EDT
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Sun, 21 March 2021
Considering last week's Godly Play story in the light of this week's terrible events. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Christian_Mass_Murder.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 2:26pm EDT
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Mon, 8 March 2021
What the ancient way of sanctifying time might mean for us in the age of Zoom worship. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: For_Now.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 11:18am EDT
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Sun, 21 February 2021
The rainbow signals a shift, if not in God then at least our perception of God. Jesus' coming confirms it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC) This features Guster's great song Two At a Time.
Direct download: Ruin__Repair.m4a
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:56am EDT
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