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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Jeanne Marcus: Patterns of Robbing Selfhood
January 17, 1999 On the bumper of the little Nissan waiting at the light in front of me, I saw a pair of those apparently ubiquitous iridescent silver decals you see mostly on truck mud flaps. Abnormally buxom, presumably naked longhaired women, sitting back leaning on their arms behind them, back arched and one leg up. I’ve been trying to think of another parallel often-seen image that conveys this kind of devaluation of a group of people.
Peter Bankson: On the Road — Again
January 10, 1999
Epiphany is a time when we may suddenly see what has been right in front of us for a long time. Less than a month ago, I received a gift that seemed like the gold of the magi: I was given back my sight. While I expected and hoped for new vision, I’ve been equally amazed by the gift of insight that came along with it.
Dan Phillips: Wrestling
December 27, 1998
I have been wrestling with God, and losing. God attacks me when I am at my lowest, and doesn’t fight fair. And unlike Jacob, I don’t think I have prevailed. In fact, the fight is still going on, and I don’t know if I can hold on. The issues of right and wrong, good and evil, Jesus and faith, salvation and redemption swirl around me.
Ronald Arms: Salvation and Other Mistakes
December 20, 1998 Suppose God makes mistakes on purpose in order to teach us to learn from ours. Suppose the Holy One labels our knowledge and our certainty a mistake so that we will rediscover the importance of learning. Suppose the Sacred makes the mistake of allowing Christmas to become the year’s largest commercial season so that we learn that life is not about the accumulation of things. Suppose the Divine makes the mistake of using the most important birth of all to teach us dying is to death as birth is to living.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Night Sky and Empty Bowl
December 13, 1998
Three themes: The altar, empty bowl and night sky, as a reminder of inbreaking newness; The Gospel lesson, the political scene now and a possibility for growing our souls; “Just enough,” and two Sabbath experiences.