Rev. Liz Goodman: Lenox & Monterey UCC
Liz is the pastor of two United Church of Christ congregations, both in western Massachusetts, one in Monterey and the other in Lenox, and this is a podcast of the preaching from those two pulpits.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 19 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Can I Touch These Things?
Take a minunte. Consider yourself. Then do the works of love.
Vengeance No More
Good news to the poor? Check.
Recovery of sight to the blind? Check.
Day of vengeance for our God? Not so much.
Rev. Dr. MLK Jr Day
This is a talk I prepared for a 2024 honoring of MLK Day, which I reworked for a gathering in 2025.
Unquenchable Fire (2)
Fire isn't settled as to its meaning in scripture. So be not afraid.
The Future Is Coming
Christmas harks us to a gauzy past. It should rather poress us into an imperitive future.
Sing to Us!
Melodious Accord came to Church on the Hill to sing in Advent.
Living the Truth
"What is truth?" Pilate asks, not recognizing that truth is there in the room with him.
Resist
Jesus' counsel was clear: resist, don't revolt. Time for rebuilding for the sake of better justice is coming.
Sanctuary in the Aftermath
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.
A Slip of a Story
This last encounter of Jesus' ministry wastes no time. Bartimeaus is ready to go.
Turning or Transforming
You say you want a revolution? Well, we all want to change the world. But is revolution our best option?
Possessed by Possessing
Possessing instread of allowing yourself to be possessed: you might lack this one thing too.
Testing Testing
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.