Sun, 24 December 2023
Here's a homily to follow the gospel readings of the nativity. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Christmas_Eve_2023.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 12:32pm EST
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Sat, 23 December 2023
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)
Direct download: Hard_to_Believe.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 9:39am EST
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Sun, 17 December 2023
Direct download: Not_Long_Now.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:54am EST
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Sun, 10 December 2023
Repentance might sound scary. It's so much more than that. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Its_Not_What_You_Think.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:18am EST
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Sun, 3 December 2023
Advent begins adventure. And there's no going back. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Next_Years_Troubles.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:11am EST
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Sun, 26 November 2023
The end of the church year brings us to what endures: love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Love_Is_King.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:19am EST
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Sun, 19 November 2023
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)
Direct download: The_Mission_Is_Mercy.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:28am EST
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Sun, 12 November 2023
Direct download: The_Whole_Story.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EST
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Sun, 5 November 2023
Direct download: The_Art_of_Following.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EST
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Sun, 22 October 2023
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)
Direct download: Tacking_Into_the_Wind.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:59am EST
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Sun, 15 October 2023
Here's a sermon about true signs as opposed to graven images. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Know_Justice_Know_Peace.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:18am EST
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Sun, 8 October 2023
Church as sanctuary. Is this purpose enough to save us? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Come_In_from_the_Storm.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:31am EST
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Sun, 1 October 2023
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
Direct download: Yes_but_No._No_but_Yes..mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EST
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Sun, 24 September 2023
Fairness or grace: which do you want? Becasue you can't have both., Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: This_Had_Better_Be_Good.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:01am EST
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Sun, 17 September 2023
The forgiven must forgive. It could have been a much shorter sermon that it is. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: The_Forgiven_Must_Forgive.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:28am EST
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Sun, 10 September 2023
How to be community with out butting in. That's a tough one. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: A_Keeper.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:12am EST
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Sun, 3 September 2023
God begs us to pay our attention to what's worthy of it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Attention_Pleas.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:36am EST
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Sun, 20 August 2023
Direct download: Shocked_Shocked.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:01am EST
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Sun, 13 August 2023
Direct download: Being_in_Love.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:36am EST
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Sun, 6 August 2023
God plays in the world as sufficiency. Enough can be a blessing. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Enough.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:23am EST
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Sun, 30 July 2023
Direct download: Hiding_in_Plain_Sight.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:51am EST
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Sun, 23 July 2023
Direct download: Evil_Twin.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:41am EST
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Sun, 25 June 2023
Following Jesus won't necessarily make your life easier or your relationships better. Some social structures would rather you compromise the truth than live into it. You've been warned. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Behave_Yourself.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:34am EST
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Sun, 18 June 2023
Sarah laughed, gave birth to Laughter, making us sons and daughters of laughter. So laugh it up, Fuzzball. Let your lung be filled with God. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Laught_It_Up_Fuzzball.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:44am EST
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Sun, 11 June 2023
As we embark into Ordinary Time, we'll be spending it together, which is itself the point. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)
Direct download: Wandering_Sermon.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:43am EST
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Sun, 4 June 2023
Direct download: Word__Deed.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:16am EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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Sun, 7 May 2023
Direct download: Object_Permanence.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:45am EST
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Sun, 16 April 2023
Direct download: Get_Real_Close.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:38am EST
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Sun, 9 April 2023
Direct download: Resurrection_Day_2023.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:39am EST
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Sun, 2 April 2023
Direct download: Palm_Sunday_2023.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:22am EST
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Sun, 26 March 2023
Direct download: Attachment_Theory.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 7:44am EST
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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 EST
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Sun, 12 March 2023
Direct download: Barely.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:21am EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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Sun, 5 February 2023
Direct download: Critical_Thinking.mp3
Category: general
-- posted at: 8:09am EST
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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
-- posted at: 8:21am EST
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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 EST
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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 EST
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