Blog

Some of my work and thoughts.

Learnings, teachings and spirit rumblings that are stirring within me.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/6/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/6/23

Umbrella-ella-ella: Loaves, Fishes & Rihanna

How are the Feeding of the 5,000 and Rihanna’s Umbrella connected?

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/30/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/30/23

Genies, World Peace and Real Work

What an exchange between Solomon and God reminds us about prayer and work.

Photo Credit: Everett Collection

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/26/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/26/23

We Don’t Have to Beg, But We Could Ask…

We don’t have to beg folks to come back to church, but we could ask them.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/24/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/24/23

Who Decides Who’s In and Who’s Out of the Church?

How a Parable of Jesus and lessons in parenting all point toward the need for more humility in the church.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/23/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/23/23

Pink, Weird and Boldly Reimagined: Lessons for the Church from the Barbie Movie

Lessons for the modern church from the new Barbie movie.

Image Credit: Warner Brothers

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/11/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 7/11/23

Poisonous Perfection

“Perfection sucks. Perfection is boring.” These words from an episode of Ted Lasso as well as some brilliant writings by Dr. Brené Brown have me wanting to tell the Apostle Paul to be a little gentler with himself as he grappled with his shortcomings.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 6/12/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 6/12/23

You’re So Old!!

A message for First Presbyterian Church in Downtown Memphis for her 195th Birthday Celebration.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/28/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/28/23

Keep Talking!

Pentecost lessons from a game of Telephone!

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/21/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/21/23

Lessons From Estuaries

Perhaps God has made us to be “estuary people,” leaning into the tension of the ever-changing environments and complexities of our world in order to create abundant life.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/14/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/14/23

Where My Girls At?

About women in the church…. We were there. We are here.

Mother’s Day 2023.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/9/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/9/23

For the Moms…

For the moms and those who mother - in honor of Mother’s Day 2023.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/7/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 5/7/23

To Die For?

What are you willing to die for? What are you willing to live for? How will your answers to these questions influence the lives of others?

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/23/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/23/23

“Where is Your Brother?”

How the story of Cain and Abel offers some insights into what it means to be a person of faith in the midst of the “Stand Your Ground” culture of America?

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/9/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/9/23

“Something Happened.”

Some thoughts about Resurrection….

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/7/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/7/23

Jesus and “The Justins”

Some Good Friday reflections on the events yesterday in Tennessee.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/2/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 4/2/23

Would You Recognize Him?

If Jesus were walking down the street, would you recognize him? How? The science of recognition offers clues to what an encounter with God might be like.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/28/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/28/23

We Are Dead.

We are dead, and our only hope is Resurrection.

Photo attributed to Nicole Hester

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/20/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/20/23

Yes, And. What an Improv Dropout Learned About Faith.

How a horrible experience in improv class offered me a new way to think about God and the life of discipleship.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/6/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 3/6/23

What a Jerk of a Dog Reminded Me About Big Faith

The Niagara SPCA reminds us what “big faith” looks like. Somewhere between childhood and being grown up, we often lose our ability to marvel, wonder and have confidence in bold and Holy outcomes when they seem improbable or unlikely.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 2/26/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 2/26/23

Holy Compost!

What if along with thinking of our bodies as dust or ashes, we think of our souls as compost soil?

Some of my work and thoughts.

You are beloved. ♡