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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"What God Counts Clean" by Pat Conover
June 07, 2005
A Sermon for the DC Interreligious Pride Service at Luther Place
Like the Pharisees, most Christians have claimed a specialness that is precious to them; the following of Jesus and the creation of relationships that make us all part of one body. Similarly, we have a wide array of LGBT support groups that help us name, and claim, and celebrate our specialness, that help us with forming and sustaining our new identities, that help us cope with the oppression we face today.
Sandra Miller: Trinity Sunday 2005 Sermon
May 22, 2005
You have to leave stereotypes behind. Being homeless, or being sick, or both, does not mean that someone is broken, or less than anyone else is. To get beyond thinking that living on the street means not having a home is a huge leap. Friday we took in a new resident, our first woman. I was awestruck when I learned that Rosetta has lived on the street at 2nd and D for some 30 years. 2nd and D is her home more than Clydesdale Place is mine. She was known at 2nd and D, and while we hope she will come to be known at Joseph’s House, she is in an alien country right now.
“Trinitarian Bodies” by Anna Gilcher
May 22, 2005
A Sermon for Dayspring Church
Have you been with a small child recently? Have you noticed how fully they give the gift of their bodies, of themselves? And what a joy it is to receive that gift? And how much intimacy grows when that happens? … how much love grows? And how you are both drawn into existing more fully? We are not just “souls” in relationship with God and with each other; we are bodies-in-relationship — with God, with each other, and with ourselves.
"Trinitarian Bodies" by Anna Gilcher
May 22, 2005
A Sermon for Dayspring Church
Have you been with a small child recently? Have you noticed how fully they give the gift of their bodies, of themselves? And what a joy it is to receive that gift? And how much intimacy grows when that happens? … how much love grows? And how you are both drawn into existing more fully? We are not just “souls” in relationship with God and with each other; we are bodies-in-relationship — with God, with each other, and with ourselves.
Pat Conover: Power and Forgiveness
May 15, 2005
I was baptized as a Presbyterian and I remember being warned against the Pentecostals. I was told they were out-of-control and that glossolalia is not one of the higher gifts. They liked quoting Paul who was not very fond of speaking in tongues. Paul thought it was disruptive to worship and tried to bind it with liturgical rules. So I promptly went to a little backwoods Pentecostal Church I knew about in Leon County.