Author: Deborah

“Think on These Things” by Mary Mehala

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The 20th Sunday after Pentecost

October aa, 2026

Think on These Things
 By Mary Mehala

“Before I start, I want to say that I am feeling hopeful this morning – there are some things that came up at work this week. I used to feel afraid, always thinking that “conflict with others” was the big bad boogeyman, mostly because of how I grew up and how we handled conflict: fighting, withdrawing, and isolating. And now, through and because of God, I have options, a way forward, a better way.”

Good morning, Seekers. I am so happy to be sharing this morning, so I am going to jump right in.…

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Recommitment 2026: How Can We Choose God?

Deborah

GATHERING

REFLECTION

Finding Grace and Hope

REFLECTION

Around us, life bursts with miracles—a glass of water, a ray of sunshine, a leaf, a caterpillar, a flower, laughter, raindrops. If you live in awareness, it is easy to see miracles everywhere. Each human being is a multiplicity of miracles. Eyes that see thousands of colors, shapes, and forms; ears that hear a bee flying or a thunderclap; a brain that ponders a speck of dust as easily as the entire cosmos; a heart that beats in rhythm with the heartbeat of all beings.                                

Thich Nhat Hanh, Essential Writings, p.

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“Learning & Growing in Community” by Kolya Braun-Greiner

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The 19th Sunday after Pentecost

October 4, 2026

We are humans and along with other creatures of God’s creation – we are always learning.  We witness this most greatly in the early years of children, as they learn at an astonishing rate how to move their bodies, how to talk, how to share, and how to experience the world around them. Even as we grow older, we still have opportunities for learning and growing as we adjust to other changing conditions – of our bodies, of our capacities or opportunities for new and deeper awareness or creative expression. We can choose to be life-long learners. …

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“Recommitment and More” by Keith Seat

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The 18th Sunday after Pentecost

September 27, 2026

Good morning

I’m here to talk about my approach to recommitment, as we are in the season of recommitment here at Seekers Church.  But before going there, I have been invited to respond to the earlier questions of what brought me to Seekers and how that has impacted my spiritual life.  Those questions have been the subject of a series of recent sermons and do relate to recommitment. 

Coming to Seekers

Brenda and I finished law school in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1983, and I clerked for a federal judge there for two years. …

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