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: The Stones Would Shout
April 08, 2001
The stones are shouting! Trees and rivers, birds and fish are shouting their cry of rage and pain! Do we have ears to hear or will we wave our palms in some silly reenactment of a bygone day and let them cry in vain? Psalms about the “cedars of Lebanon” remind us of the magnificent forests that are gone forever because our ancestors did not curb their appetites for wood until it was gone, seed, soil and climate change.
Seekers Clowns: Seekers Under Construction
April 01, 2001
The clown skit was mostly improvised, this is the broad outline.
Deborah Sokolove: All Things New
March 25, 2001
In the Jewish mystical system known as the Kaballah, the the broken-ness of the world does not depend on Adam and Eve eating the fruit. Rather, when God created the universe, it was to be a vessel for containing the Shekhinah, the glory of God. However, when God tried to put the Shekhinah into the vessel, it was too powerful, and the vessel shattered into countless glittering shards. The unity of God’s own self was broken. It is the task of humans, the Kabbalists say, to find those shining shards, to repair the vessel that is the broken world, to restore the unity of God.
Jenneke Barton: Green Christianity
March 18, 2001
We can honor the natural materials in our sanctuary. At our March 4 Carroll St. worship, Elisabeth brought bamboo stalks to enrich our surroundings; Peter told us about the making of the cross from his cherry tree slabs; and there was a beautiful rope art piece on the stairwell wall. To draw attention to, and honor, these gifts of creation could be our own humble way of doing what the tri-circle church is doing: bringing what is sacred out there to join what is sacred in here.
Alan Dragoo: Retirement
March 11, 2001 A week ago, I retired after nearly 40 years as a government scientist. I will not confine my remarks to my retirement. Instead, I will extrapolate from there to the broader topic of transitions. In the context of transitions, I will touch base with the scripture passages for this week. I will season this mixture with some understanding that came from a recent trip to a northern wilderness of Ontario.