Sermons

John Morris

June 15, 2024

Trinity

Deborah gave us a sermon a few weeks back called “Listening for the Word of God.”  As always, she said so many excellent things that I’m tempted to just reshuffle them and call them my sermon.  But I’ll resist, and quote just one statement that really got my attention and led to my volunteering to preach today.  Here it is:

“Rather than simply ignoring the parts of the biblical record that today seem immoral, unjust, or downright cruel, we can acknowledge the whole truth of our past and use that knowledge to move forward into a more just, merciful, and inclusive future.”…

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Jacqie Wallen

June 8, 2024

Pentecost

I love Pentecost! Which is why, I assume, Deborah asked me to preach today. The first thing I did after I said “yes” to Deborah was to go to Google and type in “Pentecost.” This is my usual way of starting a project, and especially necessary in this case because I have already preached on Pentecost several times and needed to be sure I had some new ideas.…

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Dave Kraybill, Kevin Barwick, Oswaldo Montoya

June 1, 2024

Seventh Sunday of Easter

Dave Kraybill

Some years ago, I had a heart attack that caught me and those who know me by surprise.  I didn’t have the usual markers for heart disease.  Except, that is, my tendency to work long hours at the expense of my physical and emotional health.  A few years later, I experienced a breakdown in some close social ties, and that also caught me by surprise.  No, I wasn’t mean to others intentionally, but I had often left my loved ones down through my constant preoccupation with work.…

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David Lloyd

May 25, 2025

Sixth Sunday of Easter

Two weeks ago in discussing Dr. Wilda C. Gafney’s A Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church that we are using, Deborah Sokolove said that

Rather than simply ignoring the parts of the biblical record that today seem immoral, unjust, or downright cruel, we can acknowledge the whole truth of our past and use that knowledge to move forward into a more just, merciful, and inclusive future.…

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Jeanne Marcus

May 18, 2025

Fifth Sunday of Easter

I’d like to share a moment I had a few weeks ago: it was a perfect D.C. spring morning– the day was fresh and bright and tangy, and the trees were just budding out with that fleeting glow of new spring green.

I had parked in the Takoma Metro lot, and was walking through the grassy space between the bus stops and our corner here. The streets and sidewalks had their uniquely Sunday morning emptiness and quiet. And there ahead and off to my right a little, was the brick and glass of our building, with its iconic metallic signage: Seekers Church. …

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