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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I Don’t Care by Pat Conover
July 29, 2007
I woke up later and I said to myself, "I don’t care." And I didn’t. Some days I can’t even read the front page of the Washington Post and I turn directly to the sports section to read about the Cleveland Indians. I don’t want to try to open my heart to yet another tragedy. I don’t want to feel bad about ducking another fight. I don’t want another push to work late or to call and talk with a colleague to encourage them in their work. "I’m tired," I said, just a different kind of tired. I’ve been doing the prophetic work too long. I’m turning toward other callings. And that’s true, but it still boils down to, "I don’t care."
Small Signs of Hope by Kate Cudlipp
July 22, 2007
I find plenty of reasons to despair these days and would love to see some dazzling, believable message that promises, "All will be well!" In looking for such an assurance, however, I’m finding I can be blind to the small, surprising signs of prophetic hope all around.
Prophetic Hope by Anna Gilcher
July 15, 2007
I love the idea of prophecy being hope-filled, of its being, as Walter Brueggeman puts it and we heard this morning, "the language of amazement which cuts through the despair just as the language of grief is against the numbness." I love the idea; but I can’t really wrap my mind around it. I read the Amos passage—I even read the whole book of Amos this week (it’s not very long)—and I sense its importance—but I get stuck in either self-righteousness ("tell that to George Bush!" or "to congress" or "to the CEOs of corporations") or despair when I look at my life and see in how many ways I’m implicated in systems that beat down anyone who has less… you name it… education, money, connections.
Call and Companionship by Peter Bankson
July 8, 2007
As I worked with our lessons for this week I was surprised to see companionship everywhere! In addition to the Gospel story of Jesus sending out the seventy, the Hebrew Scripture and the Epistle also offer examples of spiritual companionship. Each one is different, but they each offer us different insights on the importance of companionship as we respond to God’s call on our lives. Here’s what I saw this time:
† Shared tasks help us learn to trust each other
† Sometimes pride impedes progress
† It’s hard to accept help from someone who’s in the same boat
Dreamers With Big Dreams by Lia Scholl
June 24, 2007
As the introductions told you, my name is Lia Scholl and I run a growing non-profit that ministers to exotic dancers. The short of it is that I train women to be chaplains in strip clubs. Those women, organized in teams, visit the clubs regularly, and provide friendship to the dancers.