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.
Jeanne Marcus: Between Memory and Vision
August 12, 2001
Hebrews 11 helps us firmly plant our lives between memory and vision, drawing strength and guidance from both. It reminds us that we are spiritual descendants of a line of people who have repeated heard God’s promises and responded boldly. It offers images and visions that can animate and shape us. Hope invites us to create a new reality by acting as if those visions are now inevitable.
Kate Cudlipp: Generosity
August 05, 2001
An enemy of generosity is a worldly sense of “fairness.” My father used to shake his head when parable of the laborers in the vineyard came up in the Episcopal lectionary. “I’ll never agree with that one,” he would say. His need for fairness outweighed any consideration of the generosity of the employer.
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.
Moving in the Spirit Dance Company: Frayed Grace
July 15, 2001 Spirit’s Apprentice Corporation, from Atlanta performed “Frayed Grace” as part of their summer tour. Their website is http://www.seekerschurch.dreamhosters.com/sermons/ http://www.mitsdance.org.
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.