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Some of my work and thoughts.

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

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 1/7/24 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 1/7/24

The Rest of the Story…

Let’s tell the rest of the stories and see where it leads us, because I predict that we are going to need the whole story of our faith to weather the storms ahead and stay together through it all.

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Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/26/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/26/23

“I Will Always Love You”

A Christmas Eve sermon, preached right before hearing from Rev. Kirk Whalum, and his special performance of “I Will Always Love You.”

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Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/18/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/18/23

The “Dollitics” of Peace

Dolly Parton, Advent 3 and Peace.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/17/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/17/23

Peek-A-Boo

Joy is coming…Are you ready?

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/4/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 12/4/23

Turn On Those Sad Songs!

(Hope) Week 1 in the Wisdom of Dolly Advent Preaching Series.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 10/16/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 10/16/23

The Allure of Idols

Fear has always led us to create idols that make us feel safer, even when they pull us away from God and one another.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 9/13/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 9/13/23

Bumpy and the Fancy China: The Church Can’t Survive as a Family Heirloom

The local church will not make it if all we are to people is the heirloom teddy bear or the fancy china, sitting on a shelf looking pretty, but only utilized on extremely rare and special occasions.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 9/11/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 9/11/23

Stinky Breath. Holy Breath.

Season of Creation sermon on air and spirit.

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/21/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/21/23

Where’s Aaron? We Need a Hero!

Recalling when Aaron stood in the gap between life and death and saved the people. Where is our Aaron to stop this plague of firearm deaths?

Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/16/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/16/23

A Litany for the August Special Session of the Tennessee Legislature

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Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/14/23 Rev. Dr. Lillian Lammers 8/14/23

Can Prophetic Pastors Have Friends?

Can prophetic pastors actually have friends?

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.

Some of my work and thoughts.

You are beloved. ♡