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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Marjory Zoet Bankson: What Does Liberation Look Like?
January 25, 2004
After 2,000 years, we know there are still poor people in despair, captives in bondage to all sorts of things, blind and oppressed people everywhere who would not have the faintest idea what the Jubilee Year of the Lord could possibly be about. Was Jesus then a liar? Was he a lunatic? On the other hand, did Luke mean for us to understand this scripture on human liberation in another way? Does it happen in every generation? Does it happen moment by moment? Does it happen within our souls and outwardly, in the human community? What then does liberation look like?
“Gender Freedom and Responsibility” by Pat Conover
January 25, 2004
A Sermon for First Congregational Church, Long Beach, California
This sermon is about lifting up the good news, the Gospel, for everyone, however you understand yourself as a man, a woman, or as a transgender person; the good news is that God loves you and wants you to be the best kind of man, woman, or transgender person that you can be.
"Gender Freedom and Responsibility" by Pat Conover
January 25, 2004
A Sermon for First Congregational Church, Long Beach, California
This sermon is about lifting up the good news, the Gospel, for everyone, however you understand yourself as a man, a woman, or as a transgender person; the good news is that God loves you and wants you to be the best kind of man, woman, or transgender person that you can be.
Mary Cosby: The Walls of this House
January 18, 2004
Mother was short and could not reach up to the ceiling, so she went out onto the street and found a young man who, for 50 cents daubed white shoe polish up there…which she made into clouds. You can still see that.
Trish Nemore: The Things that Make for Peace
January 4, 2004
What do you mean when you wish for peace on earth, when you say ‘pray for peace,’ when you wish another ‘peace, brother’ or ‘peace, sister’? Everyone seems to want peace. Even those who make war claim to be doing it in the name of creating a lasting peace. However, who ever thinks about what peace means, what peace looks like? Where do we go to talk about peace, where do we learn the skills of peacemaking?