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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Being Enough by Elizabeth Gelfeld
March 23, 2025
Second Sunday in Lent
Our theme for this season of Lent is “Enough Is a Feast.” As I’ve been thinking about enoughness, I notice the questions that continually run through my mind. Am I drinking enough water? Eating enough vegetables? Getting enough sleep? Am I doing enough? When does doing enough cross over doing into too much?
In a democratic society, how much democracy is enough? Does a shrinking democracy reach a point of being not enough, and how would we know when that happens?
A Sermon for Lent 2 by William
March 16, 2025
Second Sunday in Lent
William based his sermon on the lectionary texts for the day, speaking of despair and hope. The text for this sermon is not yet available.
Reflections on Being Born Again—and Again by Cynthia Dahlin
March 9, 2025
First Sunday in Lent
Take a breath. Now take a deeper breath.
Close your eyes, and lay your hands open on your lap.
Take another breath.
Feel your feet on the floor, feel the weight of your hands.
Feel your heartbeat.
Clear your mind, just focus on your breathing.
You have joined this community to give you new life.
Can you let energy come in your lungs as you breathe.
Courageous Loving During Hateful Times by Kolya Braun-Griener
February 23, 2025
Seventh Sunday After the Epiphany
When I read that “love your enemies” was the gospel message for this week, I thought, “Oh my God, help me with this one.”
Richard Rohr’s reflections on the metaphor of the Cosmic Egg caught my imagination this week. Within this “Egg” are the nested domes of my story, our story, and other stories, and the fourth being the big story of cosmic universe story. His metaphor of the spheres of being, nesting within one another inspired me to frame my sermon along similar lines as a way of looking at 3 contexts for the transforming power of courageous love in troubling times: Us – Them – and We.
Black History Month by Larry Rawlings
February 16, 2025
Sixth Sunday After the Epiphany
Black History Month begins in Chicago during the summer of 1915 when Carter G. Woodson traveled from Washington, D.C. to participate in a national celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of emancipation sponsored by the state of Illinois. Thousands of African Americans travelled from across the country to see exhibits highlighting the progress their people had made since the destruction of slavery. An overflow crowd of six to twelve thousand waited outside for their turn to view the exhibits. Inspired by the three-week celebration, Woodson decided to form an organization to promote the scientific study of black life and history saying “We are going back to that beautiful history and it is going to inspire us to greater achievements.” He sent out a press release announcing Negro History Week in February, 1926.