Welcome to “Love Lives Here,” and this week’s sermon for the first Sunday after Christmas... in the time of COVID. Preached by Senior Pastor Rev. Matt Fitzgerald on December 27 during virtual worship at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, a progressive Christian community in Chicago. Please join us for worship Sundays at 10AM Central Time at https://spucc.org/streaming

In this sermon for the fourth Sunday of Advent, Rev. Dr. Jeff Carlson shines a new light not just on Mary but also on the infusion of grace that is the mothering love of God. Preached during virtual worship at St. Pauls UCC, a progressive Christian church in Chicago. Please join us online for worship Sundays at 10AM Central Time, atspucc.org/streaming.

For the second Sunday in Advent, Rev. Sarah Garcia reflects on Isaiah 40:1-11. Preached on December 6, 2020 in the virtual worship of St. Pauls United Church of Christ, a progressive church in Chicago where all are always welcome. Please join us for worship Sundays at 10AM, online: https://spucc.org/streaming

For the first Sunday in Advent, Pastoral Intern Benny VanDerburgh reflects on Mark 13:24-37...on what it means to stay awake, as Jesus exhorts us...and on the power of imagination, as poet Diane Prima examines it in her poem "Rant." Preached during virtual worship on Sunday, November 29 ,2020 for St. Pauls United Church of Christ, a progressive church in Chicago where all are always welcome. Please join us online for worship Sundays at 10am Central Time: https://spucc.org/streaming

For Totenfest Sunday, Rev. Dr. Jeff Carlson reflects on Genesis 35. Preached November 22, 2020 at St. Pauls UCC, a progressive church in Chicago where all are always welcome. Please join us for worship Sundays at 10AM Central: https://spucc.org/streaming

With a little help from the poet Philip Larkin, Rev. Matt Fitzgerald reflects on the story of Jacob and Esau, to help us see how God loves our less-than-perfect families, and how we might, too. Based on Genesis 27:6-29, 41. Preached on Sunday, November 15, 2020 at St. Pauls

United Church of Christ, a progressive Christian church in Chicago. Please join us for worship Sunday’s at 10AM: https://spucc.org/streaming

What happens when we put anything before God? Rev. Matt Fitzgerald reflects on the story of Abraham and Issac from Genesis 22:1-19...and on our own unsettling time. Preached on Sunday, November 8, 2020 during virtual worship at St. Pauls UCC, a progressive Christian church in Chicago where everyone is always welcome. Please join us for worship Sundays at 10AM CST, https://spucc.org/streaming

In this episode of “Love Lives Here,” Rev. Sarah Garcia reflects on the story of Abraham and Sarah, based on Genesis 17:1–8; 15–22. Preached on Sunday, November 1, 2020 during the virtual worship service of St. Pauls United Church of Christ, a progressive church in Chicago where all people are always. Please join us for worship Sundays at 10AM, spucc.org/streaming

What does it take, what does it mean to believe in 2020? How do we reconcile modern reality with the absurdity of faith? What does it take to say yes to God? In this sermon, preached on Reformation Sunday, October 25, 2020, Rev. Matt Fitzgerald looks for inspiration to the story of Abraham. Delivered during virtual worship at St. Paul’s UCC, a progressive Christian church in Chicago. Please join us on Sundays at 10AM: http://spucc.org/streaming

What will we learn of ourselves during this crisis? What will we become? How will we find favor with God in an unfavorable time?

In this week’s sermon, part of the Series “Beginning a New Beginning,” Rev. Matt Fitzgerald takes a new look at the story of Noah.

Preached on October 18, 2020 at St. Pauls United Church of Christ, a progressive community of faith, located in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, where all are always welcome.