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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““We are All the Same in God’s Eyes” by Paul Holmes
March 3, 2024
“We are all the same in God’s eyes.” “We are all the same in God’s eyes.” We say it, but do we truly believe it? Do we really live it? And to what extent does scripture validate it?
It’s human nature to constantly compare ourselves to one another. Some are smarter. Some are stronger. Some have better jobs. Some are more centered or compassionate. Some drive newer cars or live in bigger houses. Some are more articulate, have better hair or better lawns. Etc. Etc. Swimmers compete to see who is fastest. Football teams strive to be “the best.”
While I love sports, I have to admit that the concepts of competition, hierarchy, caste, superiority and winner-take-all are dominant in our country and around the world, and those concepts can be damaging. They pervade virtually every aspect of our lives and culture. If they do better, it must mean that we are doing worse. It seems like competition reigns supreme. Meanwhile, we and our entire culture struggle to collaborate, cooperate, compromise and work together.
“Uncomfortable Truths” by Erica lloyd
February 25, 2024
Let’s pray: God of peace and justice, let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts be acceptable in your sight. Amen.
Ever since I was a pre-teen, one of my favorite bible verses has been John 8:32: “You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Something about it – I have a mental image of a cage opening and bird flying out into freedom. It’s beautiful. And frankly, much easier to appreciate in its simplicity than if Jesus had given the longer version that I’ve come to experience as an adult, which is something like: You shall know the truth, and it shall probably make you PROFOUNDLY uncomfortable, maybe even angry, it will haunt you for a while, and then hopefully if you have the courage to really wrestle with it, it will start to make some sense, and if you keep working at it, then the truth shall set you free.
“Waking Up White” by Jeanne Marcus
February 18, 2024
This is the first Sunday in the Season of Lent, and I want to build on something I just learned. That is, the name Lent comes from the Old English word, “lencten”, meaning “springtime.” Defining Lent this way captures how preparing for a new growing season begins when the ground is still cold and dormant, and the fields look dead.
And it points to Lent as an opportunity to address ourselves to the necessary work of breaking up whatever’s become too hard and dense within us, adding spiritual nutrients and readying the soil/soul for whatever spiritual seeds that the Holy One has offered for us to grow next, individually or as a faith community.
“Transfiguration” by Marjory Zoet Bankson
February 11, 2024
Transfiguration Sunday
Text: Mark 9:2-9
Today we are celebrating Transfiguration Sunday, the hinge between Epiphany and Lent, between birth and death. As we just heard, Jesus is glorified (or transfigured) and the vision is shared by his closest disciples. Not only is Jesus filled with divine power before the eyes of his disciples, but the disciples are also changed by their experience. Perhaps we can say that Transfiguration marks the baptism of communal consciousness for the body of the Risen Christ, even though Jesus has not yet been crucified.
“Theological Evolution” by Kurt Pluntke
February 4, 2024
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Psalms 104 points to a higher power, “All living things on earth and in the sea, whether wild or domesticated, birds, sea creatures, and human beings have some idea of the living Presence by whom they exist.” What could this be if it imprints even on the wild creatures? First thing that comes to mind is our life-giving sun with its inescapable quality. Over centuries we evolved from worshipping it to scientifically understanding it. Just like our parents who were once the only things we knew, until one day we realized their faults and understood, sometimes, why they did some things. I appreciate this rather evolutionary understanding of phenomenon in our midst.