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: Seeing Things Whole
September 16, 2001
Last Tuesday, the world saw and heard the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Diane told me that she had heard from clients and friends in 37 different countries. Kathy forwarded an inquiry from our MUKA friends in South Africa. I suspect we have all had calls from near and far that began “Are you ok?” I found myself stumbling over my response, bewildered by the enormity of what had happened. Never has a national disaster brought such an international response — because now we know we are all connected. What we do matters to the rest of the world.
Elisabeth Dearborn: Ascending and Descending
September 09, 2001
I came to Seekers from forty years as a Quaker where my experience of Jesus was direct and mystical. I had done almost no scriptural study. I was raised in a family where people said, “Anyone who is a Christian has been duped.” At l4, I was in a ceremony created by my mother and my older sister to de-baptize her Catholic boyfriend. It is understandable why I took my time arriving in an explicitly Christian community.
Jerry Kuester: My Spiritual Journey
September 02, 2001
The reason that I decided to be an intern at Seekers Church and with the National Coalition against the Death Penalty is that I have been called by God to work with Native Americans in institutions such as prisons and mental hospitals. In preparation for this ministry, I need experience working with Native Americans, which I will get while visiting them on death row.
Dan Phillips: Visions and Cities
August 26, 2001
Many churches are trying to minister to this city. Most are dying, are discouraged unto death, are empty of people except for the faithful few and are tired of trying. 50 or 100 now attend churches that had thousands. Churches whose pastors were theological leaders now are barely able to support a pastor. They often admit that they have no clue about how to revive their church. Others talk of starting new churches inside old churches, letting the old die because they do not believe anything can be done for, or with, the old organizations.
Carolyn D. Shields: Transformation through Healing
August 19, 2001
I remember asking my uncle, a Lutheran pastor, why we didn’t have a statue of Jesus hanging on the cross at the front of our church. He replied proudly, “Because we are people of the resurrection, not the crucifixion.” I took that in, thinking that somehow, Lutherans were superior to Catholics because of this distinction. However, when I was living every day with chronic pain, I often thought of Jesus’ wounded body hanging on the cross. Maybe it is to remind us that we are embodied people as much as we are spirit people. We are of the resurrection, but we are of the crucifixion, too.