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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David W. Lloyd: Holy Chaos
April 03, 2005
On Maundy Thursday I was moved deeply once again by the foot washing ceremony, thinking that I could benefit from that rite more than once a year. The words in the scripture about Jesus acknowledging his forthcoming betrayal, and the disciples’ aware that they could be the betrayer, really caught me. Although I was not identifying myself as Jesus, I knew that I felt betrayed in my work life. I began to face the fact that in my daily work, while intending to do the right thing, maybe I might betray the work of our offices.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: A Corporate Call for Seekers: to Celebrate Creativity
March 27, 2005
Perhaps the first part of any new call is to release the past. Peter had to release his guilt in order to function as a servant leader in the early church. Mary Magdalene was not so much burdened by guilt as by gratitude. She had been given new life by Jesus. Her gratitude had opened the wellsprings of her heart. Now she needed to let that go…to gather the strength and confidence which had been growing in her all along, and turn it to another purpose.
Anna Gilcher: Bearing the Beams of Love
March 20, 2005
Have you ever had someone look at you with incredible love in their eyes? Have you ever tried to just sit and bear that look, allowing it to soak into you, into your depths? Not putting up a wall, or trying to escape?
Jeanne Marcus: Watershed as Practice of the Presence of God
March 13, 2005
The Incarnation teaches us as Christians to recognize the expression of God’s love and presence in all the particularities of creation. When we can locate ourselves in terms of God’s creation, and not only human activity, we’ll know where we are in our watersheds, as well as on the street grid. When we allow ourselves to be truly moved by the beauty and grandeur of the world around us, it’s possible to find the strength and the will to create for ourselves ways of life that aren’t so destructive to the earth.
Leroy Seat: Where Is Your Water Jar?
February 27, 2005
There is a more symbolic meaning here — and, as most of you know, John uses symbolic language often. This woman left her water jar at the feet of Jesus, for she recognized that from now on that was going to be where she would get the “living water.” Her water jar, then, is a symbol of openness to God and the desire to receive nourishment from God’s Spirit. Isn’t this what we all need to do: to lay our “water jar” at the feet of Jesus and to lift up our cup of need to Him?