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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

This story is about leadership and directed toward those who abuse their standing and authority as leaders…especially when they use violence as their primary tool."

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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 · 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

and targeted the human leaders that God appointed to shepherd them through the journey. Where was their sense of agency or responsibility? Did any of them volunteer to hunt or forage for food sources? They accepted leadership out of oppression but resisted leadership into freedom."

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Sermon Seeds: Heard Your Complaining - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A | September 20, 2026

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

their faith? The progression suggests that they found complaining to be an effective means to get God to respond. Yet, they did not take their concerns to the Holy One directly through lament or request. They could have prayed their way through. Instead, they decided to complain their way through

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Sermon Seeds: Heard Your Complaining - United Church of Christ

Sermon Seeds for the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A | September 20, 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 Pharaoh’s evil reach proved to be relatively easy. Delivering the people from the impact of that trauma will become generational work. But, it begins here, with a reminder and affirmation that this is the God who made the covenant with their ancestors, and that covenant remains in effect. "

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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 · 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

among the Hebrews so that they will continue to be subdued and subjugated under imperial oppression. The irony is that no one exhibits more fear-based behavior than Pharaoh."

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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 · 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

in both Testaments. Egypt was not only the first, it provided a template for the sometimes strained, sometimes allied, sometimes hostile relationship based on human hierarchy and pursued power…"

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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 · 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

stealing his birthright and blessing. Jacob's greatest opponent keeping him on the run is Jacob." #SermonSeeds for August 2, 2026, Tenth Sunday after Pentecost Year A are published: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... @unitedchurch.bsky.social

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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 · 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 is this you have done to me,' the question transcends more than a single act. It questions an entire relationship." #SermonSeeds for July 26, 2026, Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Year A are published: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... @unitedchurch.bsky.social

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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 · 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

while not without manipulation, demonstrates the impact of praying before and during rather than just after confronted with trying times." #SermonSeeds for July 12, 2026, Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Year A are published: www.ucc.org/sermon-seeds... @unitedchurch.bsky.social

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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 · 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

given, being expected from her family. Directly presenting the opportunity to her and offering such substantial gifts signals Rebekah's role as the future matriarch. This is not an engagement story, it is a call story."

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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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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

demonstrates Creator separating elements of creation from itself. In instituting rest, rather than separation, the Holy One chooses participation. Because God is holy, the rest that God creates, enjoys, and models has been made holy too."

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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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