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 Homily by Jill Joseph
May 9, 2010
The sixth Sunday in Easter
During this season of Easter we journey with the apostles, beginning at the sealed tomb, disappointed in ourselves, grief-stricken with loss, gathered in small groups, stunned by death…..an ordinary, brutal Roman death, torturing even as it kills.
And then something happened and for 40 days we liturgically explore what this “something” is, as story, as shared bread and cup, as theology, as invitation.
“With God on Our Side” by John Morris
May 2, 2010
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Both the reading from Acts and the reading from the Gospel this morning speak to me about the universality of God’s call. I hear the early Christians struggling to understand that, unlike Judaism, this new thing is really supposed to be for everybody.
Peter explains his extraordinary experience in Joppa, when he saw the Holy Spirit come upon three Gentiles “as he had come on us at the beginning.” His conclusion: “So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us, who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to think that I could oppose God!”
The Artist’s Mission Group
April 18, 2010
The Third Sunday of Easter
This week, members of the Artists Mission Group brought the Word in song, poetry, and story.
A Sermon by Muriel Lipp
April 11, 2010
The Second Sunday of Easter
For many years I’ve struggled with the physical Jesus arising from the dead, as in John 20. I do believe in the resurrection, but how that took place is a mystery to me. Have you ever laid your hands on a loved one who was long dead and departed, or seen that dead one alive in some form, or heard a voice from that dead loved one telling you, “I am not dead.”
“Fishing for Men” by David Lloyd
April 4, 2010
Easter
I’ve been a fisherman all my life. My brother Andreia, too. If you want to work hard, be a fisherman: push the boat off shore and hoist the sail or row it if the wind isn’t strong enough, cast the net, wait and then haul the net in, cast the net again if the catch was small, haul it in again and sort the catch into baskets, making sure to separate the unclean catfish to sell to the Gentiles from the fish we Jews can eat, and then row ashore. Then carry the baskets to the place where the others salt or pickle the catch for sale. Check the nets for holes and mend them, or patch the boat, or repair the lines, or mend the sails, and then do it again the next day and the next and the day after that – and so on. Every day but the Sabbath. I thought that’s what my whole life would be like, like our father’s. But my life has changed.