Sharing the Hum of Love | Rev. Dr. Dave Long-Higgins | September 27, 2026

What if the church is not called to have all the answers—but to listen for the hum of love already moving through the world?

At the Installation of Rev. Anthony Spearhart as Pastor and Teacher of Lakeview United Church of Christ, Rev. Dr. Dave Long-Higgins, Conference Minister of the Heartland Conference of the United Church of Christ, offers a stirring reflection on Love with a capital L—the kind of love that disrupts fear, refuses scarcity, enlarges the heart, and invites us into a story already in motion.

With images of second fiddles, quickened water, and a “laboratory of love,” Dave challenges Lakeview to risk, dream, experiment, and listen deeply for the harmonies God may be creating among them.

The episode closes with Anthony’s brother, Marty Brookhart, playing “Thanksgiving” by Vince Ambrosetti—a deeply personal piece connected to their grandparents and a moving reminder that every new chapter is carried by the love and stories that came before it.

Scripture: Romans 12:9–21
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Dave Long-Higgins
Piano: Marty Brookhart

Into the Story Ahead | Rev. Anthony Spearhart | September 27, 2026

God’s call rarely comes with a complete map.

In Genesis 12, Abram is invited to leave what is familiar and step toward a future he cannot yet fully see. Jesus echoes that same movement in Matthew 28, sending the disciples out into the world with a promise: “Remember, I am with you always.”

On a special Sunday in the life of Lakeview United Church of Christ, Rev. Anthony Spearhart reflects on covenant, trust, and what it means to move together into the story God is still writing. The future may not be completely clear—but we do not enter it alone.

Scripture: Genesis 12:1–9; Matthew 28:19–20

Joseph does what is faithful—and still ends up in prison.

His story challenges one of faith’s most persistent misunderstandings: that doing the right thing will protect us from hardship, rejection, or injustice. Sometimes faithfulness costs something. Sometimes people dislike us because we work for justice, advocate for those who are oppressed, or refuse to abandon the love to which God has called us.

Drawing together Joseph’s imprisonment and Jesus’ words in the Beatitudes, this episode considers what it means to remain faithful when circumstances seem to suggest that faithfulness has failed. The prison is real, but it is not the whole story. Rejection may wound us, injustice may confine us, and the future may be hidden—but none of those things can erase God’s presence or bring God’s unfolding story to an end.

Even there, we are blessed anyway.