Seekers recognizes that any member of the community may be called upon by God to give us the Word, and thus we have an open pulpit with a different preacher each week. Sermons preached at Seekers, as well as sermons preached by Seekers at other churches or events, are posted here, beginning with the most recent.
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“Tell Me More” by Anna Gilcher
March 1, 2015
The Second Sunday in Lent
I’m reading the commentaries on the texts for this Sunday and all I can think is blah blah blah blah blah. God loves you! Pick up your cross! Oh, you have a cross too? Quelle surprise!
Abraham laughed! Sarah laughed! God’s promise will not be broken! Woo-hoo!
Fifteen years after the first sermon I ever preached, the commentaries are starting to feel stale.
A lot has changed in my life. Fifteen years ago, I had a one-year-old daughter. Now that daughter is sixteen and I have an almost fourteen-year-old son. Fifteen years ago, I’d been married for five years. Now I’ve been married for twenty. Fifteen years ago, these messages felt fresh. Now…? At a deep level, I can feel that God is still speaking. Yet, the things that were revelations then are sometimes things I have now heard ten, twenty, thirty times before.
Notes from a Lenten Reflection by Jesse Palidofsky
February 22, 2015 The First Sunday in Lent (The full text of Jesse’s sermon is not available. The following notes are intended to provide a general sense of it.) Lent is a time for bearing witness to the pain of others. In so doing, we come home to our own wholeness and to the Christ within, and the path of vulnerability becomes a Lenten practice. Lent is a time to practice our dying, a time when we can let go of being victims and take full responsibility for our lives. As this happens, we may be called to let go of call and thus to be open to the next call.
“Discipleship Year” by Dawn Longenecker
February 15, 2015
Transfiguration Sunday
Good morning! Thank you for inviting me to take a turn to share with you today.
I’ve picked out one of my favorite scriptures to focus on. Here it is:
Matthew 13:31-32: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; it is smaller than all other seeds; but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”
“The Suffering of Animals: A Christian Response:” by John Morris
February 8, 2015
The Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
My text this morning is taken from our reading from Isaiah 40, verse 21: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told to you from the beginning?”
I’m going to start by connecting what I want to say with Peter’s terrific sermon last week. Among other things, Peter asked the question, how can Seekers continue to hold up and nurture prophetic voices in our community? He pointed out how our very name, Seekers, was chosen to emphasize that there are prophets living here and now, and it is the quality of our listening, our seeking, that makes prophets.
“Filled with Light” by Peter Bankson
February 1, 2015
The Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
INTRODUCTION
This year our Epiphany theme has been an invitation to see things differently, to hone and spread our spirits and let ourselves be carried into fresh insight. This is a time filled with new light.
Being with Bokamoso as they face into a new time after Solly’s untimely death has given me some fresh insight about their prophetic role in South Africa. And my own stepping aside from our Servant Leadership Team is beginning to open my eyes to new possibilities closer to home. Signs of light are all around, and today’s scripture lessons invite us to think about how we can help the light shine.