Author: Deborah

All Saints Day

November 1, 2026

I am starting with a confession that All Saints Day was not a day of celebration in the Presbyterian church, in the small Quaker town of Swarthmore where I grew up. I had heard of the day, but it was the Catholic church folks who celebrated not the Protestant churches in this small town. So..I thought that besides myself, maybe there were others here at Seekers that wondered about what All Saints Day was all about.

I want to start with a short story about a little boy and his mother. I found this story on the internet as I was reading and did some simple adapting:

“One day a mother was walking through a beautiful church building with her 4-year-old son.…

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The 22nd Sunday after Pentecost

October 25, 2026

May the love between us be strong.
May the trust between us be whole,
And may the words between us be true
May our eyes see one another,
May our ears hear one another,
May our hearts touch one another’s,
And may our souls hold one another

From The Anasazi Book of Chants

So, what brought me to Seekers and when? It is the founding pastor of Covenant Christian Community, Rev Lola Johnson Singletary. She is responsible for introducing several of Covenant members to the Church of the Savior where I heard Gordon Cosby preach, but I got to know him better through Elizabeth O’Connor ‘s writings.…

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The 21st Sunday after Pentecost

October 18, 2026

50 years ago today, on the third Sunday of October in 1976, Seekers Church was born. There were 19 core members who had been shaped by their earlier commitment as members of Church of the Saviour. They were attracted to Seekers rather than to one of the other five communities being birthed that same day, which was also the 30^th birthday of Church of the Saviour.

The lectionary text for today seems singularly appropriate: Render unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar and render unto God what belongs to God. Looking at a Roman coin with the Emperor’s visage on it, Jesus seemed to be saying “Pay your taxes for what the state provides, and give your energy for life and love to God’s realm here and now.”…

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