Sermon Audio Archive
This page holds links to the sermon recordings when available.
2025
June 15 – Scripturing While Gay – Ness Schattman
June 1 – Have We Been Transformed? – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
May 25 – Self-Compassion – Susan Schwartzentruber
May 18 – It’s Good That I Go – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
May 11 – Growth and Perseverance – Bettina Schattman
May 5 – A Modest Proposal for Living Out Jesus’ Values – John Rempel
April 13 – Who Wins? – Chip Bender
Apr 6 – Breaking the Body of Christ – Cesar Garcia
Mar 30 – Outward Action – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Mar 23 – Barn Raising: A Lesson in Collective Action – Josh Hill
Mar 16 – Story Shaping Story – Troy Osborne
Mar 9 – Anabaptist Vision: Spirituality – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Mar 2 – A Transient Revelation – Nancy Mann
Feb 23 – Winter’s Hush – Renee Sauder
Feb 9 – God’s Plan – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 26 – Life in the Face of Death – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 12 – Lament and Praise in the Face of Suffering – Dan Epp-Tiessen
Jan 5 – sermon – Fidele Ruramira
2024
Dec 29 – Homily: Spiritual Discernment – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 24 – Homily: God with Us – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 22 – Homiily: Great Expectations – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 15 – Advent Joy – Renee Sauder
Dec 8 – A Strange Messiah – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 1 – The Beginning of the Beginning – Franz Peters
Nov 24 – Neither Lost Nor Forgotten – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Nov 17 – From Small Things Come Great Things – Doug Klassen
Nov 10 – Our Prayers for Peace – Nancy Mann
Nov 3 – Heavenly Citizenship – Fred Loganbill
Oct 27 – Resident Aliens – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Oct 20 – Welcoming the Stranger: “When did we see you…?”– Henry Paetkau
Oct 6 – Christ is Our Bond – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Sept 29 – Companions on the Journey – Bob Nally
Sept 22 – Binding Up the Broken-Hearted – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Sept 15 – Tending Tomorrow: Learning Leadership from the Forest – Leah Reesor-Keller
Sept 8 – Growing: Hosts and Promoters – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
June 23 – Called to Something Greater Than Me – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
June 16 – Abram and Sarai’s Retirement Project – Dave Rogalsky
June 9 – From Inclusion to Liberation: Revealing a Rainbow Church – Tamara Shantz
June 2 – A Community, Renewed – Franz Peters
May 26 – Hope and Hospitality – Jacob Yoder. Also the Cry for Justice sharing time video
May 19 – The Spirit Within – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
May 12 – Extending God’s Unconditional Hospitality Together – Christina Edmiston
May 5 – Sowing Stories – Johnny Wideman
Apr 28 – Wrestling with Healing – Carol Penner
Apr 21 – Watershed Discipleship – Wendy Janzen
Apr 14 – Dreams and Visions – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Apr 7 – Singing with the Body – Alissa Bender
Mar 31 – An Easter Laugh – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Mar 24 – King Jesus – Henry Paetkau
Mar 17 – Dying to the Smaller Self – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Mar 10 – Facing our Fears – Renee Sauder
Mar 3 – Unsettling Normal – Leah Reesor-Keller
Feb 25 – A Hard Teaching – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Feb 18 – Whisky, Beer, and Water – Franz Peters
Feb 11 – Membership and Decision-Making – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 28 – Healing From Trauma – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 21 – Self Esteem and Healthy Boundaries – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 14 – The Weary Christian – Susan Schwartzentruber
Jan 7 – Sensing the Light – Ardith Frey
2023
Dec 31 – Spiritual Discernment – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 24 – A House for God – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 17 – Hope for the Hopeless – Franz Peters
Dec 10 – Hope? For the Earth? – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Nov 26 – Under the Rubble – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Nov 19 – How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land? – Henry Paetkau
Nov 12 – To Have Peace, Listen – Jason Schattman
Nov 5 – Knowing our Loyalties – Fred Loganbill
Oct 29 – Creating Safe Places: The Gift of Law – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Oct 15 – Tending, Taming, and Rewilding – Leah Reesor-Keller
Oct 8 – God’s Extravagant Love – Renee Sauder
Oct 1 – Micro and Macro – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Sept 24 – Church is Hard–Like All Great Art! – Tom Yoder Neufeld
Sept 17 – The Church: Peace as Divine Junk Art” – Tom Yoder-Neufeld
Sept 10 – sermon – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Aug 27 – Interview with Joanne Bender
Aug 20 – interview with Mary Brubaker-Zehr
Aug 13 – Sharing by Allan Rogalsky
July 30 – Sharing by Maia Hadden – video
July 23 – Sharing by Marg Hull
July 16 – Interview with John Bender
June 25 – Interview with Tito Gatako on his Ministry – video
June 18 – The Blessing of Boundaries – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
June 11 – Who Are You God? Why Me? – Fanosie Legesse
June 4 – Creating a space for God (text only) – Vanessa Schattman
May 28 – Spring Soil for Spiritual Rain – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
May 21 – Power of Life – Kyoung Kim
May 14 – Sharing the Faith – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
May 7 – This Land is Your Land – Tim Reimer
Apr 30 – Earth Day: Hope or Hopeless – Jason Schattman
Apr 23 – Salvation Through Christ – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Apr 16 – May Peace I Give You – Rick Cober Bauman
Apr 9 – Surprised By Joy – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Apr 2 – The Space In Between – Renee Sauder
Mar 26 – Wrestling with Law, Freedom and Spirit – Brice Balmer
Mar 19 – Who’s on First? – Franz Peters
Mar 12 – Extending the Circle – Ardith Frey
Mar 5 – Leadership and Communication – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Feb 26 – Choices Together: Building a Culture of Right Relationships – Leah Reesor-Keller (audio gets better after 1st song)
Feb 19 – The Prophet Amos – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Feb 12 – The Pentecost Surprise – Mollee Moua
Jan 29 – Lamenting Abuse – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 22 – Membership – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Jan 15 – The Heart of it All – Jack Suderman
Jan 8 – Outward and Beyond – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
2022
Dec 18 – Asking For a Sign – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Dec 11 – Getting There is 2/3’s of the Fun – Jason Schattman
Nov 27 – Who Knows? – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Nov 20 – Living with the End in Mind – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Nov 13 – Prayer and Active Hope – Jessica Reesor Rempel
Nov 6 – The Plight of the Bumblebee and What We Can Do About It – Lyle Friesen – a list of native plants Lyle has used
Oct 16 – Seeing God: We Follow Jesus Together – Arli Klassen
Oct 9 – Reflections on Gratitude – Irene Erb & Vanessa Schattman
Oct 2 – A Simultaneous Sign – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Sept 25 – United in Diversity – Leah Reesor-Keller
Sept 18 – Don’t Just Do Something – Pastor Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Sept 11 – Building a House of Mercy – Pastor Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Aug 21 – The choice is yours – Vanessa Schattman
Aug 14 – Fruit of the Spirit: Generosity – Franz Peters
Aug 7 – Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness – Myrna Miller Dyck
July 24 – Reading “The Gift of Strawberries” – Jane Snyder
July 17 – A Peace We Can’t Understand – Ilene Bergan
July 10 – Grace in the Surprising Power of God – Pastor Myrna Miller Dyck & Sam Roth
June 26 – Fruit of the Spirit: Forbearance – Pastor Myrna Miller Dyck
June 19 – Rooted in God’s Love – Pastor Myrna Miller Dyck
June 12 – The Fruit of the Spirit as a way of Being: Making space for differences – Mabel Hunsberger
May 29 – Agony in the Garden: Lament and Activist Burnout – David Alton
May 22 – Homesick for Jesus – Myrna Miller Dyck
May 15 – On Acts 10 – Catherine Bergs
May 8 – Celebrating Chosen Family – Steph Chandler Burns
May 1 – Commitment to Right Relationships – Myrna Miller Dyck
Apr 24 – Why do we trim our hedges? – Jason Schattman
Apr 17 – sermon – Steph Chandler Burns
Apr 10 – mediatations – Myrna Miller Dyck
Apr 3 – From Scarcity to Abundance: A Mennonite Technophile’s Hope for Environmental and Economic Justice – Allan Rogalsky (text with references)
Mar 27 – The Beauty of Grace – Steph Chandler Burns
Mar 20 – God’s ways and our ways – Ardith Frey
Mar 13 – Human Fear and God’s Compassion – Marilyn Rudy-Froese
Mar 6 – Questions in the Wilderness – Myrna Miller Dyck
Mar 2 – Meditation – Myrna Miller Dyck
Feb 27 – Facing Our Call – Steph Chandler Burns
Feb 20 – Healing from Shame – Myrna Miller Dyck
Feb 13 – I’m Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry – Jason Schattman
Feb 6 – Around the Table: The Face We Long to See – Renee Sauder
Jan 30 – a face open to new truth from God – Rudy Baergen
Jan 23 – Divine Interruption – Steph Chandler Burns
Jan 16 – Seeing Ourselves as Jesus See Us – Myrna Miller Dyck
Jan 9 – Marked by the Water – Myrna Miller Dyck
2021
Dec 26 – Where is the Glory of God? – Myrna Miller Dyck
Dec 19 – Blessed are the Chosen – Myrna Miller Dyck
Dec 12 – Children’s Pagaent
Dec 5 – Grace Offered to All – Myrna Miller Dyck
Nov 21 – Job’s Wife Speaks and Laments – Pastor Myrna Miller Dyck
Nov 14 – Peter and the Donkey – Sue Schwartzentruber
Oct 31 – The Sign of Jonah – Scott Brubaker-Zehr
Oct 24 – Willingness to Consider Another’s Perspective – Steph Chandler Burns
Oct 17 – Willing to Surrender – Myrna Miller Dyck
Oct 10 – Reflections – a few people
Oct 3 – Francis: Little Poor Man and Saint – Marg Hull
Sept 19 – Words That Heal – Myrna Miller Dyck
Sept 12 – Advocacy and Action – Steph Chandler Burns
Sept 5 – The Unexpected Kingdom of God – Myrna Miller Dyck
Aug 15 – A Grief Journey – Dave Rogalsky
July 25 – The Miracle of Sharing – Ardith Frey
July 11 – Karen goes for a nature walk – Karen Buschert
June 27 –Behind these eyes – Margaret Looker
June 20 – Weathering the Storm – Steph Chandler Burns
June 6 – Courageous Imagination podcast – Margaret Nally
May 30 – Listen for the Whispers – Luke Reesor-Keller
May 23 – Who is God to you? – Jason Schattman
May 16 – Who is God to me? – Richard MacBride
May 9 – How do I experience the Love of God – Bob Nally
May 2 – Who is God in you? – Jean Paul Bushabu-Bope
Apr 25 – Who do you say that I am? – Ardith Frey (accompanying diagram)
Apr 18 – We Are People Who Must Sing You – Anneli Loepp Thiessen
Apr 11 – Seeing God in the Unexpected – Renee Sauder
Apr 4 – Turning Towards Jesus – Steph Chandler Burns
Mar 28 – Sing a Song of Healing to One Another – Jason Schattman
Mar 21 – The problems of David – Steph Chandler Burns
Mar 14 – Darkness and light, in us and around us – Glenda Ribey Rozomiak
Mar 7 – Reflections – Leona and Peter Penner, John Bender
Feb 28 – Digging Deeper – Ardith Frey
Feb 21 – Going Deeper – Steph Chandler Burns
Jan 31 – Reflection – Rudy Baergen
Jan 24 – God will provide – Rudy Baergen
Jan 17 – Towards a Grace-Filled Goodbye – Lydia Harder
Jan 10 – Love, Vulnerability and Truth – Jodie Hatlem
Jan 3 – A Mystery Explained – Rudy Baergen
2020
Dec 20 – A difficult “yes” – Steph Chandler Burns
Dec 6 – God speaks tenderly – Rudy Baergen
Nov 29 – Contradictions at Christmas – Jason Schattman
Nov 15 – Shepherd: Gleaner – Jodie Hatlem
Nov 1 – The Great Hope – Rudy Baergen
Oct 25 – An ever present help – Jodie Hatlem
Oct 18 – God Speaks Tenderly – Rudy Baergen
Oct 11 – So I will praise you – Jodie Hatlem
Sept 27 – Rooted in Rest – Steph Chandler Burns
Sept 20 – Rooted & Grounded – Morgan Regehr
Sept 6 – Named as Beloved – Jodie Hatlem
Aug 23 – The Ministry of Reconciliation – Rudy Baergen
Aug 9 – Zacchaeus, you come down! – Jodie Hatlem
Aug 2 –Reconciliation with God – Rudy Baergen
July 26 – The Kingdom of God is like… – Jodie Hatlem
July 19 – Fully Known and Fully Loved – Steph Chandler Burns
July 12 – Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ – Jodie Hatlem
July 5 – The still small voice – Rudy Baergen
June 21 – My Outtatown adventure (slides) – Maia Hadden
June 7 – New life for dry bones – Rudy Baergen
May 31 – The Holy Spirit Does a New Thing – Steph Chandler Burns
May 24 – Hope in a time of struggle – Rudy Baergen
May 17 – Creation Care – Rudy Baergen, Richard MacBride (notes), Karen Buschert
May 10 – The widow and her coins – Rudy Baergen
Apr 26 – On the Road Towards Hope – Steph Chandler Burns
Apr 12 – Reflections – Leona Penner, Jason Schattman, Marlene Redekopp, Rudy Baergen
Apr 5 – Jesus took a towel – Rudy Baergen
Mar 29 – Seeing with New Eyes – Ardith Frey
Mar 22 – How to get water from a rock – Morgan Regehr
Mar 8 – Meditation – Steph Chandler Burns
Mar 1- Letting go of control – Rudy Baergen
Feb 23 – The terrain of our Spiritual Journey – Ardith Frey
Feb 16 – A night of wrestling – Rudy Baergen
Feb 9 – Living as Salt and Light – Leah Reesor-Keller
Feb 2 – “In the bleak mid-winter” – Henry Paetkau
Jan 19 – What is this Light? – Franz Peters
Jan 12 – Seeing – Jodie Hatlem
Jan 5 – Epiphanies Aplenty – Richard MacBride
2019
Dec 22 – Advent Love as Promise – Doug Hatlem
Dec 15 – sermon audio not available – Children’s Musical
Dec 8 – Grounded in Hope – Margaret Nally
Nov 24 – Reflection – Jodie Hatlem
Nov 17 – All the rights and privileges pertaining to the apostle Paul – Doug Hatlem
Oct 27 – In the Lion’s Den – Steph Chandler Burns
Oct 20 – This little light of mine – Len Jewitt
Oct 13 – Were there not 10? – Doug Hatlem
Oct 6 – Living God’s Dream – Cynthia Neufeld Smith
Sept 29 – Pursued by steadfast loving-kindness – Jodie Hatlem
Sept 22 – Picturing the Last Supper – Doug Hatlem
Sept 15 – An invitation – Jen Helmuth
Sept 8 – I have commanded a widow to feed you – Jodie and Doug Hatlem
Aug 25 – Waste time with your families – Jason Schattman
Aug 18 – In the garden – Franz Peters
Aug 11 – Reflections – Karen Buschert, Richard MacBride, Marion Roes
Aug 4 – Take Off Your Shoes – Doug Hatlem
July 28 – The Better Part – Jodie Hatlem
July 21 – Beauty for Brokenness – Ben Cassels
June 23 – Midwifing and Naming – Jodie Hatlem
June 16 – “Peace. Peace. These people are strangers.” – Doug Hatlem
June 2 – Jailbreak – Doug Hatlem
May 26 – Who is Paul? – Morgan Regehr
May 19 – God’s Creation and Neighbour Love – Jodie Hatlem
May 12 – Mothering Love – Eleanor Snyder
Apr 28 – A dislocated society produces addictions – Joe and Stephanie Mancini
Apr 21 – If Christ has not been raised or Today in Paradise – Jodie and Doug Hatlem
Apr 14 – Father, forgive them for they know not what they do – Jodie Hatlem
Apr 7 – Father, into your hands I commit my spirit – Doug Hatlem
Mar 31 – It is finished – Doug Hatlem
Mar 24 – My God, my God, why have your forsaken me? – Jodie Hatlem
Mar 17 – Here is your son. Here is your mother – Doug Hatlem
Mar 10 – I thirst – Jodie Hatlem
Mar 3 – Women’s Work – Nina Bailey-Dick. Audio-visuals used in the sermon: Video (starting at 4:27 attribution bias to likability bias at 7:40) and Slide show: the State of Women at Work.
Feb 24 – A time of scripture, song and a sermon – Bryan Moyer Suderman
Feb 17 – Is there an app for right and wrong – Jason Schattman
Feb 3 – Anointed to preach Good News to the poor – Doug Hatlem
Jan 27 – Extravagant Hospitality – Jodie Hatlem
Jan 20 – The Music Carries Us – Dr Thomas Reynolds
Jan 13 – Water Spirit Fire – Doug Hatlem
Jan 6 – The Adoration of the Magi – Franz Peters
2018
Dec 30 – Reflections from Irene Erb, Howard Gimbel, Vera Good
Dec 23 – Proclaiming Immanuel – Jodie Hatlem
Dec. 9 – The Silent Word is Pleading – Jodie Hatlem
Dec. 2 – What do we Await in Advent? – Doug Hatlem
Nov 25 – Things visible and invisible; a new creation – Jodie and Doug Hatlem
Nov 18 – Welcoming the Stranger – Ardith Frey
Nov 11 – Relying on the Prince of Peace – Jodie Hatlem
Oct 28 – Arguing with God – Jennifer Regehr
Oct 7 – Meditation – Mike Erb Voices Together
Sept 30 – The ties that bind – Jodie Hatlem
Sept 23 – The Paradoxical Power of Humility – John Fast
Sept 16 – Postcards from the mind of God – Jen Helmuth,
Sept 9 – “There was a man who had two sons” – Jodie and Doug Hatlem, preaching
Aug 26 – Raising our Voices in Song and Prayer – Jodie and Doug Hatlem, reflections
Aug 19 – Sharing thoughts – Marianne Erb, Jane Snyder, Thomas Kessler
Aug 12 – Generations – Sue Wahl, reflection
Aug 5 – Can this church be bread from heaven for the world? – Doug Hatlem
July 29 – Built Together – Jodie Hatlem
July 22 – Finding Myself in Her: Feminine Images of the Divine – Charlotte Clarke
July 15 – All you can’t leave behind – Jodie Hatlem
June 24 – Am I a dog, that you come after me with sticks? – Doug Hatlem
June 17 – You have no bucket, and the well is deep – Emily Hunsberger
June 3 – Listen! You are fearfully and wonderfully made – Jodie Hatlem
May 27 – If this thing is of God’s Spirit – Doug Hatlem
May 20 – Pentecost and God’s Agenda for the World – Tito Gatako
May 13 – Nurturing our Gift to the World – Jen Helmuth
May 6 – We are the branches – Jodie Hatlem
April 29 – Haiti and Hope – John Fast
April 22 – All together now: the commitment of creation care – Katie Gingerich
April 8 – The Power of a Single Word – Joanne Bender
April 1 – Do not be alarmed – Jodie Hatlem
Mar 25 – Blessed is the coming reign – Doug Hatlem
Mar 18 – Lordly power and the power of the Lord – Jodie Hatlem
Mar 11 – Is Jesus asleep in the boat? – Ardith Frey
Mar 4 – To save life – Jodie Hatlem
Feb 25 – I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners – Christina Reimer
Feb 18 – Prepare the Way of the Lord – Doug Hatlem
Feb 11 – Imagining Healed Daughters – Thea Prescod
Feb 4 – Excellence and Vulnerability in the Body of Christ – Jodie Hatlem
Jan 28 – Guided Owling Mediation and Music – Jennifer Helmuth
Jan 21 – Jonah and the fierce urgency of silence – Doug Hatlem
Jan 14 – There is nothing wrong with you! – Nina Bailey-Dick
Jan 7 – Epiphany: a gift of the magi – Carol Penner
2017
Dec 17 – How will this be? – Jodie Hatlem
Dec 10 – Does evil know that it is evil? – Jason Schattman
Dec 3 – Nevertheless…it is well – Jodie Hatlem
Nov 26 – The Matriarch’s Cave and the Least of These – Doug Hatlem
Nov 19 – Who does God choose to bless? – Jennifer Regehr
Nov 12 – Building Towers or Bridges? – Ardith Frey
Nov 5 – Noah’s Flood and the Nature of God’s gracious law – Jodie Hatlem
Oct 22 – Imaging G.O.D: Controlling the Brand – John Fast
Oct 8 – A Fair Balance – Jodie Hatlem
Oct 1 – I Corinthians: “Because there is one bread…” – Doug Hatlem
Sept 24 – “It takes a community…” – Dave Rogalsky
Sept 17 – Naked Anabaptism: Spirituality & Economics – John Neufeld
Sept 10 – No longer strangers and aliens – Jodie Hatlem
Aug 27 – The keys of the kingdom are in our hands – Peter Penner
Aug 20 – The Gifts and Calling of God are Irrevocable – Doug Hatlem
Aug 13 – Put Your Hand in the Hand – Norm and Marg Warren
Aug 6 – There is Enough – Jodie Hatlem
July 30 – Walking with Jesus in the Waters of Baptism – Laurence Martin
July 23 – Encountering Jesus at the bottom of Jacob’s Ladder – Doug Hatlem
July 16 – The Parable of the Sower – Eleanor Snyder
July 9 – He came eating and drinking – Doug Hatlem
June 25 – “one of these little ones” – Jodie Hatlem
June 18 – Towards an ecological future – Richard MacBride
June 4 – “…and they shall prophesy” – Jodie Hatlem
May 28 – GOD SCRAPES THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL. AND THE BOTTOM IS US. – Jason Schattman
May 21 – RUTH: LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE JUDGES – Jodie Hatlem
May 14 – HOW WOULD PAUL MINISTER IN WATERLOO, ONTARIO? – Brent Charette
May 7 – LISTENING TO GOD AT THE CROSSROADS – Kayla Wallace
Apr 30 – Glimpses of God Along the Road – Ardith Frey
April 16 – IF YOU HAVE BEEN RAISED WITH CHRIST – Doug Hatlem
April 9 – WASHING MY HANDS OF THE ASHES OF A FAILED POLITICAL REVOLUTION – Doug Hatlem
Mar 26 – GOD’S RESURRECTING LOVE – Jennifer Regehr
Mar 19 – FROM CRADLES TO GRAVES – Jen Helmuth
Mar 12 – A PILGRIMAGE OF FAITH – Ardith Frey
Mar 5 – LEST A SEED DIE – Jodie Hatlem
Feb 26 – THE GLORY: OF THE LAW AND OF JESUS – Doug Hatlem
Feb 19 – FOR HE MAKES HIS SUN RISE ON THE EVIL AND THE GOOD – Jodie Hatlem
Feb 12 – THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO… – Cathy Middleton, Director of Women’s Services YWCA
Feb 5 – PROTESTANT POVERTY AND THE MENNONITE WORK ETHIC (Slides)- Doug Hatlem
Jan 29 – SERVING AND SEEING WITH THE BEATITUDES – Jodie Hatlem