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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A Sermon by Joelle Novey
18 September 2011
The 14th Sunday After Pentecost
Joelle Novey, Director of Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light, brought the Word this morning.
For the agricultural people who tilled vineyards in Jesus’ time, who read the same Hebrew Bible as we do, the manna in the desert must have seemed like an amazing thing to be able to take for granted. “Do you remember the desert?” they must have reminisced. “When God was our caterer? When we didn’t have to do all this work to sustain ourselves, but when we just took for granted that, every day, manna would just fall onto our plates from the sky? Can you believe anyone ever complained about that?” the people must have said, as they climbed up ladders with tools to prune vines and pick grapes. “That was awesome.”
And what about us? We certainly don’t live like the Israelites in the desert, letting our food fall from the sky for us, although supermarkets and factory farming so separate us from the land that it sometimes feels that way.
A Service of Memory and Hope for 9/11
11 September 2011
The 13th Sunday After Pentecost
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Seekers prayed out of the silence and lit candles in memory of those who died in the violence of that day.
Three Words from Guatemala by the Smith-Estrada Family
4 September 2011
The 12th Sunday After Pentecost
Leslie Smith, Steven Estrada, and Annie Smith-Estrada were members of Seekers Guatemala Pilgrimage earlier this summer. Today, each of them offered some reflections on that journey.
“God Is: Thoughts on the Book of Job” by Larry Rawlings
28 August 2011
The 11th Sunday After Pentecost
When our society was more Bible literate, people would often say of someone who was calm, long-suffering and uncomplaining that they had “the patience of Job.” While society might have been more Bible literate then, if you read the full text it would be hard to think of Job as patient by our standards
“Drawn from the Waters” by Jill Joseph
21 August 2011
The 10th Sunday After Pentecost
As we use this liturgical season to examine the theme of “catching our breath”, I turn to today’s readings to focus on some fundamental aspects of our shared life of faith. As a runner, I know the importance of catching my breath, the familiar, essential rhythm that sustains me.