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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“Hope Raised Up” by Muriel Lipp
April 26, 2009
The Third Sunday of Easter
The Luke text for this Sunday focuses on Jesus’ resurrection and the utter surprise of his disciples at seeing him. They thought they were seeing a ghost. "Touch me," Jesus says, and then later, "give me something to eat." What can we make of this? I must confess I have some trouble believing in the physicality of Jesus’ resurrection, but I do believe in his coming back to life in some form. Whatever form that takes, I do not know, but so many people have experienced the presence of Jesus in their lives. It must be true.
“Unless I Touch the Wound” by Peter Bankson
April 19, 2009
The Second Sunday of Easter
In the Gospel lesson for this week, Thomas couldn’t believe that Jesus had returned until he touched his wounded body. The other disciples told him: "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side." We’re a lot like Thomas. Or at least a lot of the time I’m a lot like Thomas. I want to see "it" for myself before I’m ready to believe. What does that say about me? Can I believe what I can’t touch? Can I trust what I can’t see?
“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.