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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“More Promise in a Dark Time” by Deborah Sokolove
01 April 2012
Palm/Passion Sunday
This has been a long and difficult Lenten season. In other years, I have felt out of synch with the liturgical year, unable or unwilling to enter into a season of penitence just when the sky is beginning to show light as I walk to the gym in the early morning, and my spirits are lifting after the long, dark, cold of winter. This year, however, Ash Wednesday seemed to coincide with a deep, inner need to repent, to re-examine my motives and behavior, to renew my commitment to the spiritual disciplines that keep me connected to the Divine. In the weeks that followed, I have found my prayer life richer, my awareness of my failings sharper, and my compassion for the failings of others much greater.
“Justice, Mercy, Law, and Discrimination” by Pat Conover
25 March 2012
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
I know some of you don’t like Hebrew Scripture very much, so you helped me pick the lectionary scripture I wanted to work with for writing this sermon. Fortunately, the Jeremiah 31 scripture provides a lot to work with that is quite relevant for the story I’m going to tell you.
A Sermon by Denise Leclair
18 March 2012
The Fourth Sunday in Lent
Denise Leclair spoke about issues faced by transgender people and how we might be welcomding to people of all gender identities.
“In Christ there are no Outliers” by Fred Taylor
11 March 2012
The Third Sunday in Lent
This morning I want to speak about what I think it means for us scattered churches of the Church of the Saviour tradition to belong together and to support each other as outposts along a front line of witness to the Gospel. Some may think that this would be a step to becoming a denomination and who needs another denomination? What I have in mind, however, is in the nature of a movement – more along the lines of the Civil Rights movement or even Alcoholics Anonymous. The fact is that the early Christians were identified as a movement long before they were identified as a religion or an institution. They were Jesus followers or people of the way. They had two things in common. They had a common identity, and they had a common vision. Their identity and vision also generated tension and controversy. Are we ready for stretching ourselves?
“Promise in a Dark Time” by Peter Bankson
4 March 2012
The Second Sunday in Lent
When I decided to offer us some reflections on our Scripture for this week I forgot that moments before I would begin you all would have sung our birthday song to me, concluding with the wish “… may you have a joy-filled life!” Your wish for my joy raises an important question: Just what does it take to have a joy-filled life?