EPISODE · Oct 15, 2023 · 21 MIN
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from Yes! We're Open: Living Faith with Needham UCC · host The Congregational Church of Needham
“Idolatry” seems such an old-fashioned word–Old Testament, even. But even though we don’t see many Golden Calves these days, idolatry—mistakenly believing God is created in our image and not the other way around—is sadly alive and well, and not the sole province of any one church or political party. And it’s just as dangerous as ever., because what we worship, we become. (Psalm 50:14-23)This sermon is part of our Year W project, spending a year listening for the voices of women, girls, and the divine feminine in the Bible with the guidance (and translations) of Prof. Wil Gafney and her "A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church: Year W" (https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-women-...)Join us Sundays for worship, LIVE! on-site and online via Zoom @ 10am ET. Connect at www.NeedhamUCC.org.---The Congregational Church of Needham strives to be a justice-seeking, peace-making, love-affirming, LGBTQ-welcoming, radically-inclusive congregation of the United Church of Christ in Needham, MA.Church is the practice.Love is the point.
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“Idolatry” seems such an old-fashioned word–Old Testament, even. But even though we don’t see many Golden Calves these days, idolatry—mistakenly believing God is created in our image and not the other way around—is sadly alive and well, and not the sole province of any one church or political party. And it’s just as dangerous as ever., because what we worship, we become. (Psalm 50:14-23) This sermon is part of our Year W project, spending a year listening for the voices of women, girl...
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