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.

Kathryn Tobias: Being Fed

August 20, 2000

Emily took us to see a mother and baby. The baby was malnourished and very ill with kwashiorkor. Emily agreed to see to getting the mother and child to the hospital that afternoon or the next morning. When I asked about it at the training session we were running the next morning, Emily explained that something else was going on. Some of the elders believed that the cause of the problem was not malnutrition but witchcraft.

 

Peter Bankson: The Bread of Life and the Life of Bread

August 13, 2000

This morning, as fresh bread rises on the altar, I want to look at what it means to be the “bread of life;” then I want to spend a few minutes standing the image on its head, sharing some ideas about the “life of bread.” The Bread of Life and the Life of Bread.

 

Dan Phillips: Diversity in Herstory – Babel

August 06, 2000

Children often wonder why their parents make them do hard things: such as clean their rooms, or go to school, not realizing that the parent wants what is best for them. Like those children, the people of Babel felt very much like God was beating them for some sin. However, it was not like that. God has never been afraid of people, or what they can do. She knows that any mature approach to life, spirituality or even space travel must be based on the awareness that not everyone is exactly alike, and that all deserve equal consideration. Until we learn this, nothing will work right for us humans.

 

Kate Amoss: Good Grief

July 30, 2000

August 5 and August 7 are charged dates for me. Twenty-five years ago on August 5, a dear friend was violently killed while coming to the aid of a hitchhiker. He was buried on August 7. Nine years ago, on August 5, I learned of my brother’s, accidental death. He had fallen, perhaps jumped from a roof. He was buried on August 7. Three years ago, a car, hit my cat on August 5, two days before my mother’s death from cancer on August 7. As this week approaches, I am aware that I have grieved some of my losses well but not all of them.