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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Jeanne Marcus: The Spirituality of Non-Violent Communication
August 8, 2004
Non-Violent Communication is built on the understanding that it is our true human nature to serve life by giving to and receiving from each other compassionately. God is in those moments when we can listen to each other openly and without judgment; and in those moments when we can honestly tell others the truth of our inner experience.
Deborah Sokolove: A Basket of Summer Fruit, or Unpacking our Prophetic Baggage
July 18, 2004
In our age of air conditioning and refrigeration, when we think of summer fruit, we think of cool, delicious peaches; bunches of plump cherries; or huge slices of juicy, ripe watermelon. However, for Amos and his listeners, the image of summer fruit was much less appetizing or refreshing. By mid-summer the peaches were well past their prime, bruised and soggy; the smell of juice-swollen plums, falling from heavily laden branches, hung heavy in the air, attracting all manner of flying and creeping bugs. Indeed, it was not unusual to open a freshly picked fig and find it full of fat, white, squirming grubs. Being compared to a basket of summer fruit was no compliment in biblical times.
Pat Conover: The Secret of Seekers
July 11, 2004
When I was a young seminarian the Christian Gnostic texts discovered in 1945 were not yet available to scholars. We did not know anything directly about the Christian Gnostics other than that they were a significant group in the early church.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Headquarters or Home Base?
July 4, 2004
Jesus sent his disciples out on pairs, advising them to stay where they are welcomed and not to move around. I have always identified with the disciples in this story, going out with the good news that all are welcome at God’s table. However, this time, as we move into our new building, I am struck by Jesus’ invitation to become a householder, welcoming those who come toward us with a message of “Peace.” Can we offer space without demanding credentials first? What will it take to welcome the stranger?
Keith Seat: “When We Get to Carroll Street”: The Future is Now
June 27, 2004
I was asked to preach the first sermon at Carroll Street, and I have been working on this sermon for a while At first, all I could think of was what this sermon was not about. This sermon is not about how to build a building. Nor is this sermon about management principles we have picked up along the way. I want to talk with you, briefly, about how we got here, where it is we have gotten to, and where we go from here.