January 20, 2026

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Spiritual Affective Disorder: Epiphany 2026
• Isaiah 9: 1-4
• Mental Health
• Mental Illness
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Despair is a tool of domination. Joy is not.

January 12, 2026

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Spiritual Affective Disorder: Epiphany 2026
• Psalm 40: 1-11
• Mental Health
• Mental Illness
• Music
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Music is magic. It can draw us out of the desolate pit, out of the miry bog. And all of creation is singing.

January 5, 2026

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Spiritual Affective Disorder: Epiphany 2026
• Isaiah 60: 1-6
• Anxiety
• Mental Health
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Just as we take daily pills or vitamins, it’s good to tend to our spiritual health, especially in seasons when life feels dire.

December 29, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Matthew 2: 13-23
• Identity and Purpose
• Immigration
• Politics
• Refugee
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

I have known people who left the church because of sermons like this. I am not trying to provoke. I am trying to preach the gospel

December 29, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• God with Us: Advent 2025
• Advent
• Christmas Eve
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Each of us who claims the name Christian becomes a living Advent wreath.

December 23, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• God with Us: Advent 2025
• Luke 1:67-80
• Advent
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

We are waiting for the birth of the sole person in scripture who says, “Love your enemies. Do good to those who harm you.”

December 8, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• God with Us: Advent 2025
• Isaiah 11:1-9
• Matthew 1:18-25
• Advent
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Peace isn’t a destination. It’s a way of being.

December 1, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• God with Us: Advent 2025
• Isaiah 2: 1-5
• Matthew 1:1-17
• Advent
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Hope has a genealogy.

November 24, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Rooted: In God's Justice, Mercy, and Love
• 2 Corinthians 9: 6-12
• Stewardship
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

Just as the fruit of an apple is another apple tree the fruit of the church is people being Christ to one another.

November 20, 2025

• Rev. Dr. Luke Lindon
• Rooted: In God's Justice, Mercy, and Love
• John 15: 1-12
• Coronavirus
• Identity and Purpose
• Medina United Church of Christ Congregational

The mark of a faithful community, Jesus says, is not in our spiritual gifts or individual talents or list of doctrines, but in how we love.