Sermons

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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Feel free to use what is helpful from these sermons. We only ask that when substantial portions are abstracted or used in a written work, please credit Seekers Church and the author, and cite the URL.

Pat Conover: Jesus as the Center and Meaning of History

July 29, 2001

Many of the sermons from this pulpit are testimony based sermons rather than scripturally based sermons. In particular, it seems to me that we do not ground many sermons in a common effort to understand and follow Jesus. Given my image of preaching and conversation in Seekers, you can see why I think we need some more Jesus talk.

 

Marjory Zoet Bankson: Practicing Detachment

July 08, 2001

This week, we got a brochure in the mail. It reads “This year 500,000 American families will exhaust their entire savings to pay nursing home bills…Attend this seminar and learn: Four types of long-term care; Costs of long-term care; Who pays for long-term care; Why Medicaid is not a reasonable option” …and so forth. The brochure is designed to raise our anxiety and encourage each of us to squirrel away more money to buy expensive health care instead of exploring other values and other options that might flow out of this community.

 

Margreta Silverstone: Whom Do You Trust?

July 01, 2001

You are enjoying the company of your friends. A person is approaching you. When the person gets closer to you, the person says, “Come, follow me.” Now you recognize who it is, she is your mother. What do you feel? What do you say? Do you follow? Imagine the same scene, but the person is not your mother. The person who says, “Come, follow me.” is the President. Do you follow? Is your reaction different? Why is it different?

 

Kate Amoss: Gentle Breeze

June 24, 2001

In the silence of this gentle breeze, we both begin to find our roots again. I realize that I have been searching everywhere for the answers except in my faith tradition. In my restlessness, I have spent months reading about the ancient goddess traditions, shamanic traditions and Hindu mythology. I am reminded, as I always am when I preach, that the Bible is the living word of the living God.