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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“Who Rolled Away the Stone” by Marjory Bankson
April 12, 2009
Easter Sunday
Last night, many of us heard Tracy Radosevic tell the entire Gospel of Mark as it might have been told on Easter Eve in the early church. Lent was traditionally the time of intense preparation and Easter morning, the time to baptize new converts. Easter is time for the whole story – death to the old self; new life in Christ. We know that, when the women arrived at the tomb, they found that the stone had been rolled away. The barrier was gone. The trouble they anticipated was not there. Instead, the black hole of the cave beckoned – stark in early dawn.
Mark 14:1-15:47: A Dramatic Reading
April 15, 2009
The Sixth Sunday in Lent
Several members of the community brought the Word as a dramatic reading.
“Hunting the Hope that Lies Deeper? Practice Dying” by Peter Bankson
March 29, 2009
the fifth Sunday in Lent
This week I’ve been looking at our Scripture lessons from a fresh perspective. A couple of personal experiences have shed a fresh light on our lessons, and suggested two things I want to share this morning:
• The first is the importance of learning loving ways to let go as part of our spiritual journey, ways of falling into the ground like that grain of wheat in this week’s Gospel lesson, as a kind of ‘practice dying;’ and
• Second is the power and comfort of companionship on the way, of finding an ‘escort’ to help us find our way through traffic and stay the course.
“Saved in the Desert” by David W. Lloyd
March 22, 2009
the fourth Sunday in Lent
From the Hebrew Scriptures we have this strange story in the book of Numbers, about the people complaining to Moses as they journeyed in the desert wilderness… But to consider the Israelites in the desert wilderness as mere whiners is to look at the text with the eyes of a 21st century America.
A Sermon by Jesse Palidofsky
March 15, 2009
the third Sunday in Lent
Jesse Palidofsky spoke about his hopes for his upcoming sabbatical and shared some songs.