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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“Imperishable Seeds of Living Hope” by Peter Bankson
May 4, 2014
The Third Sunday of Easter
This time between Easter and Pentecost seems like “chrysalis time.” The caterpillar is being transformed into a new being, one that will carry the Good News to all corners of Creation. The grains of wheat, ground to make bread, die to their identity as seeds even as they feed our identity as the Body of Christ. Is this the “Living Hope” that we carry in our souls as our gift from God? How many grains of wheat have given up their lives to nourish this Body of Christ today?
“Grief and Revelation” by Pat Conover
April 27, 2014
The Second Sunday of Easter
I was spiritually and emotionally gripped by the painting The Pieta of Avignon when we toured the home and museum of the Ecuadoran artist Oswald Guayasamin. It is a large painting, the only one on a wall in an alcove set aside for the painting. There was a comfortable bench for seeing and meditating. I took my time there.
“Becoming a Body” by Marjory Zoet Bankson
April 20, 2014
Easter
Although Easter is celebrated with bright colors, joyful music and triumphal imagery, the story actually begins in darkness and it stays fairly shadowy throughout the next fifty days, until Pentecost. Resurrection remains a mystery during that time.
“Seeing Christ in Messy Emotions and Poetry at N Street Village” by Cynthia Dahlin
April 13, 2014
Palm/Passion Sunday
In our Palm Sunday and Passion readings, we see Jesus truly represented as a human:
lots of swinging emotions,
fear of his own death,
sadness that he will die and lose his earthly identity,
anger at the betrayal he knows will come, but from his own disciples.
“Journeys of the Spirit” by Will Ramsey
April 6, 2014
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
I picked this Sunday to speak because the lectionary reading sparked waves of thoughts about the spirit filled life. My thoughts bounced between the promise in Romans that a spirit filled mind leads to a life of peace and the promise in the twelve step programs which states that as a result of these steps we will have a spiritual awakening. It has been my vision and calling, if you will, to build bridges for people in twelve steps program to step safely into the Seekers community. Today I would like to describe what the twelve step programs have in common with our church and why it is important for our community to pay attention to their needs.