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: The Inward Journey
September 14, 1997
At camp, it was ok to be on the “inward journey” — to love starry nights singing by campfire. A perfect time to read of the early church, but no one at St James Presbyterian talked about the mystics in our tradition. Another teenage theophany developed in the mortuary where I practiced the pipe organ… the church was unheated and the mortuary was warm. “Why do bad things happen to good people?” I had a lively sense of Spirit and could have learned to listen for Wisdom if someone had thought to take my inward journey seriously. Do you remember the starting point for your conscious spiritual journey?
David W. Lloyd: Core Learning
September 07, 1997
Core learnings are those things at the center of my life that I have learned through experience. We also have core learnings as a church: fundamental things and that bind us together as a congregation, that guide us in how to act with each other and with the world, and help us understand who we are as members of this local expression of the Body of Christ.
Kate Amoss: C’est L’amour
August 31, 1997
In the months before my mother’s death on the seventh of this month, a minor drama went on within my extended family. My mother’s younger sister was actively concerned that my mother was going to die without naming Jesus Christ as her savior.
Martha Phillips: People and Places
August 17, 1997
In the months before my mother’s death on the seventh of this month, a minor drama went on within my extended family. My mother’s younger sister was actively concerned that my mother was going to die without naming Jesus Christ as her savior.
Sarah Hall Goodwin: Feeding the Fifty Thousand in Uganda
July 27, 1997
On June 3, I joined the procession up to the shrine. (There are two shrines: Catholic and Anglican.) We stopped at the Catholic one because it was nearer. There was a huge mass of people — maybe 40-50,000 people from all over the country and neighboring countries. They were serious pilgrims. It wasn’t just an outing. Many had camped out overnight. I had one of about three white faces in the entire gathering, and certainly was the only female wearing pants!