October 30, 2022

• Tom Evans Awards

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October 23, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Communion of Sinners
• Luke 18:9-14
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

I have spent much of my life like the Pharisee in today’s scripture. I might not be perfect, but at least I’m not Hubert. A “Holier than Thou” attitude, a “I’m better than you” stance is no way to go through life.

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• Scripture

October 16, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Communion of Sinners
• Genesis 32:22-31
• Luke 18:1-8
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

I like how philosopher Soren Kierkegaard thought about the act of praying. Praying doesn’t change God; it changes the one who prays. By naming what we need to name, by taking time and speaking to God, we are changed.

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• Scripture

October 9, 2022

• Ryan Collins
• Communion of Sinners
• Jeremiah 29:1-7
• Luke 17:11-19
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Have you felt out of place, like you are residing in a place that wasn’t created with you in mind? A place where you have to struggle just to get by?

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• Scripture

October 2, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Communion of Sinners
• Hab 1:1-4 2:1-4
• Luke 17:5-10
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

If you are part of the organization, you are part of the problem.

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September 25, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Beautiful Together
• Amos 6:4-7
• Luke 16:19-31
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

I know that to be compassionate as God is compassionate means the dismantling of barriers that exclude. It means destroying that chasm that exists here and now between us.

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September 18, 2022

• Beautiful Together
• 39-42
• John 4:5-29
• Candidate Weekend
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

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September 11, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Beautiful Together
• 1 Tim 1:12-17
• Exodus 32:7-14
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Indeed, we are not whole. We continue to worship an idol of war and revenge and blood. We have yet to turn to God and seek peace for that is the harder path. We would rather God put people on crosses than die on one, but that is not the God we have.

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August 30, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Alive on the Square
• Alive on the Square
• Alive on the Square

It’s good for us to remember the story we’re caught up in and we’re a part of. It’s good to remember what we are about and who and whose we are.

August 21, 2022

• The Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Isaiah 58:9-14
• Luke 13:10-17
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

When reading scripture, we often picture ourselves as the hero in every story. We’re Peter, but never Judas. We’re the Samaritan, never the guy in the ditch. We’re Jesus, healing… never the woman unable to stand up straight. We’re definitely not the religious leaders complaining that Jesus healed someone at a worship service… you know… ON THE SABBATH… which you just don’t do.

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