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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Reflections on Being Born Again-And Again
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
Kolya Braun-Greiner
February 23, 2025
Seventh Sunday After 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
Larry Rawlings
February 16, 2025
Sixth Sunday in 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.
Let Down Your Nets
Paul Holmes
February 9, 2025
Fifth Sunday After Epiphany
Luke 5:1-11
They were bone tired. They had worked all night and had caught almost nothing, and then along came this guy, who wasn’t even a fisherman, and he urged them to again let down their nets. Even though they knew it was totally futile, these future disciples did as Jesus asked, and were rewarded with more fish than their nets could hold.
Sermon for Seekers Church
Mary Mehala
February 2, 2025
Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Good morning, Seekers. This was a tough week I tell you. I am looking forward to taking David and Marji’s class because in these deeply troubling times my spirit is so grieved, that I need help to see Jesus, and to grow in my understanding of the spirit of God. If I am going to remain faithful to the end and trust God in all things, I need help, because like Daniel I want to stand and walk in the fire, and like Daniel I cannot walk alone.