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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Billy Amoss: Reflections on Making A Hole in the Roof
February 20, 2000
I find it telling that Jesus could work the most marvelous miracles, including calming a storm at sea and raising a dead girl to life, but when he returned home, he could not work any miracles, because his own people would not accept him. They refused to recognize anyone but the ordinary carpenter who had lived among them, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joset and Jude and Simon.
Elisabeth Dearborn: The Call to Move Chairs
February 13, 2000
The spiritual formation for my work as a healer came out of the Quaker tradition; it comes from once having had a message in Meeting for Worship and not giving it and having a woman stand up beside me and say, “There is someone in this meeting who has a message who is not giving it. Will Thee be faithful?” The body of Christ, old Quakers say, is not a metaphor. It is an organism in which we function. Those who minister are extensions of the one Life and Power.
Brenda Seat: Tales from the Borderlands
February 06, 2000
In some traditional Japanese dances, the dancer appears with a fan covering her face. As the dance progresses, the dancer uses the long sleeve of her kimono to continue to hide her face, making intricate movements with the fan. If you focused only on catching a glimpse of her face, you will miss the wonderful movements of the fan. If you focus only on the fan, you miss seeing the face of the one who is holding the fan. It is only when you see the dance in its totality that you understand the story. My awareness of the interaction between the Holy and my daily life is like that.
Kate Amoss: Pleasantville Blues
January 09, 2000
What I have learned from the Bible and what I have learned in my Psychology texts complement each other. Psychologists talk of self-esteem, defenses, true and false selves, transitional space, projections. Jesus speaks of all the same things using the metaphors of lamps under bushels, mustard seeds, wedding feasts, splinters in the eye and treasures in the ground.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Realities from the Circle
December 26, 1999
That Luke included a man and a woman here tells us something about his image of God, “male and female” as Genesis puts it. Simeon speaks directly to Mary, thereby stretching tradition and Anna is associated with the Temple, a clear reversal of roles that traditionally would have made that the prerogative of male priests. Instead of the Temple hierarchy, we have two lay people, a man and a woman, offering God’s word to Mary, Joseph and the others gathered round. Luke seems to be telling us that God’s way breaks through the usual patterns of power.