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Monterey Church: Elizabeth Goodman, produces the weekly preaching of Rev. Elizabeth Goodman, pastor of the Monterey United Church of Christ (UCC). Mindful of the challenges of today, Rev. Goodman approaches scripture with wisdom and wonder in the hope of hearing the word of God who still speaks and…

Elizabeth Goodman


    • May 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • weekly NEW EPISODES
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    Trust and Do Not Be Afriad

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2025 20:17


    All who wander are not lost--but some are, or so it seems. Here's how to be found in your wandering. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Elon's Empty Chair?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2025 23:26


    Who's feasting at the table with you in glory?  Think bigger. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Tunics for Nobodies

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2025 18:53


    Tabitha spent her time making tunics for widows, not the sort of thing that will make you great in the eyes of the world. But often a life that touches deeply a few lives amounts to something greater still. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Courage for Being

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2025 22:00


    This one puzzles over the cross, which is itself the puzzle of human existence and the Christian faith. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Name Calling

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2025 19:00


    Thomas gets a bad name. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Resurrection Sunday 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2025 21:22


    Happy Easter, everyone.  Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)  

    To Measure a King

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2025 21:03


    We have a standard of measuring those who would rule us, a ruler beyond the ruler. The ones these days aren't measuring up. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Deported to the Kingdom of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 18:15


    It could be that to claim citizenship in the Kingdomm of God we put at risk out citizenship in the kingdoms of this world.  Rest assured, this is to trade up. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Strange Logic

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 22:22


    Everything happens for a reason? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hil, Lenox (UCC)

    That Your Glory Might Be Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2025 18:25


    With heroes like the ones our popular culture has imagned, who needs villains? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    The Personal Is Political

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2025 17:31


    You have heard it said the gospel isn't political, is but a personal matter. But I say unto you, can't it be both? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    This Is the End

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2025 20:00


    The Transfiguraton is a vision of the end broken into time, enered into the  middle that might encourage is our living--and Lord knows we need encouragement, and moreover courage, these days.  Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Do Not Fret

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2025 20:08


    Reasons for fretting are rife. Reasons for faith? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Preaching on the Level

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 20:27


    The Holy Spirit is with the people. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Christmas Eve 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 9:42


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    Can I Touch These Things?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2025 20:45


    Take a minunte. Consider yourself. Then do the works of love. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Vengeance No More

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 15:41


    Good news to the poor? Check. Recovery  of sight to the blind? Check. Day of vengeance for our God? Not so much.   Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Rev. Dr. MLK Jr Day

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2025 15:44


    This is a talk I prepared for a 2024 honoring of MLK Day, which I reworked for a gathering in 2025. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Fill 'Er Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2025 18:42


    Those empty cisterns need to be filled. Montery Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Unquenchable Fire (2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2025 16:18


    Fire isn't settled as to its meaning in scripture. So be not afraid. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Apprehension

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2025 20:06


    Some get, some don't. Is that okay with you? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    The Future Is Coming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 16:37


    Christmas harks us to a gauzy past. It should rather poress us into an imperitive future. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    The Joy of Being Wrong

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2024 18:39


    Wrong again! What a gift! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    All Flesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2024 19:08


    And all flesh shall see it together! Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Sing to Us!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2024 14:08


    Melodious Accord came to Church on the Hill to sing in Advent.  Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenonx (UCC)

    Living the Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2024 20:18


    "What is truth?" Pilate asks, not recognizing that truth is there in the room with him.   Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill Lenox (UCC)

    Resist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2024 19:02


    Jesus' counsel was clear: resist, don't revolt. Time for rebuilding for the sake of better justice is coming. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Sanctuary in the Aftermath

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2024 20:19


    The poor widow wasn't to be praised. Rather, the Tample was to be shamed. We're not morally upright when we cooperate with power structures that exploit. Jesus meant something else altogether. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    For All the Saints

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2024 20:16


    We will be forgotten. We are remembered.  Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    A Slip of a Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2024 15:45


    This last encounter of Jesus' ministry wastes no time. Bartimeaus is ready to go. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Turning or Transforming

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2024 20:59


    You say you want a revolution? Well, we all want to change the world. But is revolution our best option? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox

    Possessed by Possessing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2024 21:56


    Possessing instread of allowing yourself to be possessed: you might lack this one thing too. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Lonely for You

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2024 19:58


    There can be joy in being wrong.   Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Testing Testing

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 21:37


    This one goes out to Thomas Hobbes, Mark Lilla, Jeffery Goldberg, and my next door neighbor from long ago whose name I can't remember but whose question to me I do. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Vinegar

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 16:55


    You catch more flies with honey than vwith vinegar. So why does Jesus front with vinegar?   Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Abiding Truth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2024 20:15


    Can indeed the Lord dwell on earth? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Do Your Worst

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2024 17:37


    Jesus can take it. He seems actually to really want to take it. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Garden Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2024 22:10


    People love their gardens--and some are even willing to work for them. Others just want a hammock to swing in. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    A Living Word (I Hope)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2024 22:12


    An ironic podcast, offered in the hope that in its mechanical reproduction it doesn't too much decay. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Tempting People

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2024 15:15


    John understands the power of the people to be the source of temptation, doing  the devil's work, as it were. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Maybe It's Maybelline

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2024 22:10


    What are we supposed to do? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Put Your Book Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 21:23


    Take your rest. God's purpose is being accomplished. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Stops in the Name of Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2024 20:17


    When your power to act is frustrated by liomitation, consider if God's love rather than some terrible offense. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    The Sacred Canopy Is All the Sky

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2024 21:12


    What a wild idea. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)  

    Pack and Stand

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2024 19:28


    It's happening. Do you not perceive it? Do you not want to join in on it? Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Back to Normal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2024 16:57


    We're back in Ordinary Time, the steady of walk of faith through the many weeks of the season after Pentecost. With this, we take a breather following many litugical high points. Just in time for some summer rest. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    To Get Got

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2024 20:19


    Trinity Sunday: the annual reminder that this isn't a doctine, it's a dynamic. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Pentecost Sunday 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2024 22:02


    Happy birthday, church. Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    Good Order

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2024 19:26


    Who loses when we bring such calous disregard to our institutions?  Monterey Church, UCC Church on the Hill, Lenox (UCC)

    The Church Is a New Generation

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 21:56


    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)

    The Blind Can See

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2024 17:33


    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)

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