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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"There is nothing compulsory about the kindom of God. The wedding invitation analogy resonates for that reason. When those on the guest list spurn the invitation, the host expands those who have been invited."

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Sermon Seeds: Those Who Have Been Invited - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | October 11, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The lesson is not that God will retract God's favor, blessing and purpose from the community of faith as a whole. That interpretive thread that suggests that God's favor is transferable from one group to another rejects the expansiveness of the reign of God and the love of God for all God's people.

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Sermon Seeds: A People That Produces Its Fruit - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | October 4, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Perhaps the problem rested in their reliance on the miraculous action as evidence of God's abiding presence. In the mundaneity of life, God seemed removed, uninterested, and perhaps unnecessary. Therefore, the shift to crisis instigates a crisis not only of resourcing basic needs,

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Sermon Seeds: The People May Drink - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | September 27, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"The time lapse between liberation and faith crisis was remarkably brief. The episode described in the text is the second time complaining erupted among them. The first was over the lack of water. In response to that crisis, the Holy One provided water through Moses. Did that experience strengthen

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"Peter's query emphasizes the transactional. Jesus' reply insists upon the relational. Vengeance is transactional (as the Corleone family demonstrates). Vengeance typically leads to escalation of conflict as it invites more of itself to the party. Vengeance causes more rifts, more acrimony, more

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Sermon Seeds: To Settle Accounts - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | September 13, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

" At the heart of restorative justice is the linkage between accountability and forgiveness, taught in the gospel text so aptly by Jesus as not only a model for the justice systems, but also for the church. But, perhaps we discount the need for the church to be a justice and righteousness system."

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Sermon Seeds There Among Them - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | September 6, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"The Holy One notices suffering and chooses the side of the oppressed. The chosenness of the people conveyed more about God’s character than theirs as will be illustrated throughout the Exodus story. Delivering them from

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Sermon Seeds: Beyond the Wilderness - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | August 30, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"The story pivots not on direct divine intervention; rather, the midwives refusal to kill Hebrew boys and their shrewd dealing with Pharaoh thwarts his plans. He does not want to destroy the Hebrew population; the Egyptian economy depends upon them. The intent is to exert control and inspire fear

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Sermon Seeds: Out of the Water - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | August 23, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"This story is not only about a human family, it's about the possibilities of the kindom reigning in geopolitical relationships. What would happen if the countries of the world today fully committed their abundance to resource nations in drought?"

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Sermon Seeds: Will Not Come to Poverty - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | August 16, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

"Egypt represents not only a particular historical geo-political entity. It also represented the role of empire, a consistent theological and political contrast to the kindom of God. There will be other empires, including the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Romans, to name a few that feature prominently

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Sermon Seeds: Lived as an Alien - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A | August 9, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

"Admittedly, categorizing the Holy One as Jacob's adversary is problematic. Further, within the broader context of the Jacob-Esau conflict, Esau has not been the aggressor. Even the brief reference to malevolent feelings toward Jacob were motivated by his brother's duplicity in

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Sermon Seeds: Wrestling - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | August 2, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"What happens to a community shaped by transaction rather than trust? How can strong, lasting relationships form and thrive when clouded by manipulative and duplicitous actions tying people together rather than shared vision, hope, and love? When Jacob asks Laban,

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Sermon Seeds: What is This? - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | July 26, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"It is worth noting that this is the first direct encounter between Jacob and the Holy One. It takes place at God's initiative, which reminds us that in all his running, Jacob never runs to God or for God. In fact, when he realizes that God has been present with him,

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Sermon Seeds: You Shall Spread - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | July 19, 2026

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Dear Media. Vatican II wasn’t just about praying or not in Latin. *Vatican II decided to be less antisemitic. By a lot. * And now Pope Leo (like Francis) is reading the Bible HARD, all that “love immigrants” & “care for others” “🖕 Empire” stuff?! This story is not complicated.

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Yet, she still seeks clarity from the only Source she trusts. This couple seems to have learned a lesson their predecessors struggled to grasp. Abraham and Sarah often defaulted to attempting to control their circumstances first and praying later. Isaac and Rebekah's story,

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Sermon Seeds: Granted Prayer - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A | July 12, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"This is no ordinary bride and no ordinary negotiation. While the giving of gifts is not atypical given the messages Abraham wishes to convey, it is worth noting that typical negotiations would have been between Abraham's agent and the woman's father with a dowry, far exceeding the value of gifts

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Sermon Seeds: Drink - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | July 5, 2026

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Sarah Wood @sarahwood.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

The women have won four World Cups, but absolutely congratulations to the men for making it to the knockout round. Yes, this is a reminder that the USA has, in fact, won a World Cup — four of them. In case you heard otherwise.

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

"And this is what the Holy One calls us to do. To embrace the tension is to risk disappointment and heartbreak. To embrace the tension is to potentially sacrifice what one holds dear. To embrace the tension is to take a journey when the turns are obscured and revealed stage by stage."

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Sermon Seeds: It Shall Be Provided - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | June 28, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

" The promise made to Hagar mirrors the promise made to Abraham and Sarah. Her descendants will be a great nation. That story branches off untold in the biblical narrative, but it was worth noting. Hagar's children will be blessed just like Sarah's and not as surrogates, substitutes, or secondary."

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Sermon Seeds: And God Heard - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Year A | June 21, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

"Sometimes, the promise is at rest while the participants are prepared and readied to claim it. That’s why Sarah’s actual question is so poignant. Fruit, from a mature plant, does not take that long to grow. But a plant that bears fruit may take a long time to mature."

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Sermon Seeds: Shall I Be Fruitful? - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Third Sunday after Pentecost Year A | June 14, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"The season after Pentecost draws our attention to what it means to follow God, to live out discipleship, and to demonstrate the kindom of God. Everyone may not have a dramatic call story, but everyone has a journey of faith realized by stages."

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Sermon Seeds: Journeyed On By Stages - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Second Sunday after Pentecost Year A | June 7, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

"Finally, the Holy One made rest holy by participating in it. It is the one aspect of creation that God immediately enjoys for themselves…. The first creation narrative does not place the Creator into the produced work of creation until God creates rest. Every other stage, or day,

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Sermon Seeds: Rest Made Holy - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for Trinity Sunday Year A | May 31, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

"We live in a thirsty world. Loneliness is virtually a public health crisis manifesting in self and communal harm. Fascism and tyranny are rising around the globe; the support of tyranny is antithetical to the gospel that proclaims that the Holy One alone is sovereign.

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Sermon Seeds: Who Is Thirsty - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Day of Pentecost Year A | May 24, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

"In John's account, Jesus does not sweat blood or seek a reprieve. The One Sent is unified with the Sender and has no reluctance to completing the mission." #SermonSeeds for May 17, 2026, Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A are published: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... @unitedchurch.bsky.social

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Sermon Seeds: In the World - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Seventh Sunday of Easter Year A | May 17, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

" The Spirit of Truth will not leave. As a result, Jesus will also always be with them in a different way of relating. The Source, the Christ, and the Spirit abide in one another; therefore, their connection with Jesus will be unbroken but transformed."

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Sermon Seeds: Coming to You - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Sixth Sunday of Easter Year A | May 10, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

" This discourse occurs after supper and the washing of the disciples feet, not an act of dominance and power, rather a display of servitude and humility. That is the way of Jesus and the way he exhorts his disciples to follow."

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Sermon Seeds: Do the Works - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A | May 3, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

" The comparison in the text does not come from those who believe in Jesus and those who do not. It’s between the life that Christ offers and the one offered by the thief. As John’s gospel was written to a Christian audience, it provided a caution against compromising or

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Sermon Seeds: By the Gate - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fourth Sunday of Easter Year A | April 26, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

"Moving forward from the past does not mean forgetting it. It means carrying sacred memory forward in order to remember the significance of what has happened, to respond to the wisdom it lends to the present, and to prepare for the future whose foundations rests upon it. "

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

"Both the hands and his side of Jesus bear the healed marks of suffering. The revelation is not only proof, it's promise. They aren't open wounds, they are scars that testify to his strength and power. Despite the glorification of his resurrected body, the scars remain

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Sermon Seeds: So I Send You - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Second Sunday of Easter Year A | April 12, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"The resurrected life affirms allegiance to the kindom of God, humble acceptance of the sovereignty of God, and active participation in the realm of God. To celebrate the resurrection of Jesus is to proclaim, with bold joy, that tyranny is not the way of the Holy, compassion triumphs over empire,

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Sermon Seeds: They Left the Tomb - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for Resurrection Sunday Year A | April 5, 2026

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Paul Prins @paul.urbanmonastic.org · 19/03/2026

This was a really lovely presentation. I'm very excited for these feasts to start happening in churches across creation. Also, I'm looking forward to the work that @revdrcheryll.bsky.social has been doing for the liturgy so we can adapt it for the Urban Monastic Divine Offices (english & french).

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

#SermonSeeds for March 29, 2026, Palm/Passion Sunday Year A are published a few days early: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... "Branches do not die when they are cut. They die when they are not replanted in fertile soil, when new roots fail to develop, and when they lack nurture and nourishment.

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Sermon Seeds: Cut Branches - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Palm/Passion Sunday Year A | March 29, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

"The biblical witness does not proclaim that Lazarus deserved to die so the symbolism and metaphorical treatment of the text should not claim that about him as a person. However, the gospel narrative informs us that his death was caused after severe illness. When dealing with dis-ease,

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Sermon Seeds: Unbind - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fifth Sunday in Lent Year A | March 22, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

"The religious leaders have lost their perspective on what it means to keep the sabbath holy. Holy is the operative word. What is holier than compassion? What is holier than an encounter with the divine? What is holier than being made well—in spirit as much as in body?

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Sermon Seeds: The Signs - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Year A | March 15, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Interestingly, the woman that has just met Jesus understands his ministry and engages in it with a zeal and fruitfulness that will take the disciples who accompanied Jesus far more instruction and attempts. She, like them, was plucked from her daily life. She did not need to be knocked off her

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Sermon Seeds: Ripe for Harvesting - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Third Sunday in Lent Year A | March 8, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

"Jesus demonstrated an exemplary ability to simplify the complex. While their words and actions contained layers of meaning and significance, Jesus distilled theological concepts into parables–or the shorts of their day. They were also able to communicate through signs and wonders….

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Sermon Seeds: Of Water and Spirit - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Second Sunday in Lent Year A | March 1, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

"Today, as throughout history, allegiance to the kindom of God and commitment to the baptized life is being tested. Imperial forces use power and privilege to divide and conquer. Nationalism distorts religious claims to misinterpret the will of the Holy One. Cultural and societal norms counter

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Sermon Seeds: Led the Spirit...Backed by the Word - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the First Sunday in Lent Year A | February 22, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"He anticipates conflict but not confusion. He expects disagreements but not despair. Moses made provision for arguments but not assurance. How do we prepare ourselves to wait?" #SermonSeeds for Feb 15 Transfiguration Sun Year A are published: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... @unitedchurch.bsky.social

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Sermon Seeds: Wait - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for Transfiguration Sunday Year A | February 15, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

"How has the silence or timid quietness of the church failed us in our call to be faithful, fruitful, and flourishing ambassadors of the kindom of God? Why have too many of us ignored the danger of louder voices…or joined the chorus of the masses because it was convenient and

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Sermon Seeds: Remove the Yoke - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Year A | February 8, 2026

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 25/01/2026

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

"people are warned not to put their trust in human rulers who may claim God but do not follow God. Tyrants only wield the power the people allow them to have. So, while the prophet often sympathizes with the condition of the people, they still hold them accountable for their willing participation in

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Sermon Seeds: What is Good - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Fourth Sunday after Epiphany Year A | February 1, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

"In the biblical witness, glory and doom may serve as antonyms, yet the text from Isaiah suggests that they may also serve as companions and exist in tension in the same place at the same time."

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Sermon Seeds: Make Glorious the Way - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Third Sunday after Epiphany Year A | January 25, 2026

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"The Holy One creates us for community and calls us to collective action and attitude to advance the realm of God. The chosen-ness then is particular as an assignment to collaborate under the Holy One's direction for the benefit and blessing of the world.

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Sermon Seeds: Salvation May Come - United Church of Christ

Sunday, January 18, 2026Second Sunday after Epiphany | Year A(Liturgical Color: Green) Lectionary CitationsIsaiah 49:1-7 Psalm 40:1-11 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 John 1:29-42https://lectionary.library.vander...

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Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay @revdrcheryll.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

"When we remember and honor that the One who sent the Son into the world also responded to specific human need for liberation and redemption in the past, we affirm that the Source continues to work through human beings to liberate a world that the Creator shaped to be abundant in resources,

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Sermon Seeds: Stretched Them Out - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Baptism of Christ Year A | January 11, 2026

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United Church of Christ @unitedchurch.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

✨ Day 20: Abolition, Advent & Apocalypse Patience recognizes that fruitful outcomes like growth, creation, and change take time and active energy. And, that's how we wait for the change that we seek. - Rev. Dr. Cheryl A. Lindsay Minister for Worship and Theology 👇🏾 Full Reflection

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Patience may not be only what we have been led to believe. We think of patience as waiting without complaint, frustration, or despair. The patient person reflects composure, calm, and restraint when faced with delays, challenges, and setbacks. Yet, the farmer does not sit and simply watch see

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