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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“Wailing and Gnashing Teeth” by Deborah Sokolove
October 12, 2008
This is a hard Sunday to be preaching. As the crashing stock market tests our faith, I don’t want to preach cheap grace and easy solutions. Many of us will, indeed, weather this economic storm, with nothing more than a little inconvenience. But some people will lose their homes, their jobs, their entire life savings. And many people who already have nothing will continue to bear the cost of an inequitable system from which I, and many of you, benefit. Jesus knew about that inequitable system.
“Faith and Commitment”
October 5, 2008
A grey squirrel runs down the trunk of an oak tree and into the road in front of my car. Halfway across the road, he notices my car and panics. He skids to a stop, then turns back toward the oak tree. Almost immediately, he seems to question his decision. He stops, turns, and races back across the road. My car is bearing down on him, but he’s still not sure. Maybe he should hurry back to the oak tree, after all. He hesitates. No, maybe not. . . . Commitment. It can be a problem for squirrels. Also for humans.
“Two Ways, at Least” by Dan Phillips
September 28, 2008
Dan Phillips, a Seekers alumnus who is now a Baptist minister, askd which of the two children in the parable did what the parent asked. Was it the one who agreed, but went off and did something else? Or was it the one who said no, but thought better of it and mowed the lawn anyway?
A Worship Service in the Style of Taize
September 21, 2008
Our worship this Sunday was a service in the style of Taize, filled with silence, chanting, prayers of the community, and hearing the word of God.
“Our Commitment to Loving Forgiveness” by Peter Bankson
September 14, 2008
I’d been reading the Scripture lessons for the week very much aware of the dedication of the National Memorial to those who were killed when that airliner was flown into the Pentagon. . . . The people we hear named “terrorists,” aren’t part of my faith community. But they are clearly part of this reality, and I believe that the God we worship is Creator of everything. I kept coming back to our worship theme for this recommitment season – loving forgiveness – and seeing it from different perspectives.