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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Deborah Sokolove: Christ is Risen: Now What, Indeed?
April 25, 1999
There are many places of pain, of grief, of untimely death, of torture, of starvation, of war. Today our eyes are focused on Kosovo and Colorado; yesterday it was elsewhere, and tomorrow, another tragic situation waits. Because there is so much sorrow, traditional liturgies include the Kyrie Elieson, “Lord, have mercy.” The Reformed churches in The Netherlands introduce the Kyrie with: “Let us call on the Lord for mercy, mindful of a world in need, and let us praise the Holy Name, for God’s mercy is without end.” Nothing I say can add anything to this ancient prayer for our salvation, and the salvation of the world.
Dan Phillips: Contradictions
April 18, 1999 I’m not sure how I feel about a God that laughs. I really want God to have emotions. But I am worried about this laughing God. I both want, and don’t want, the “Word of the Lord” to come to Dan the son of Dan. I want the touch of the Divine, but I don’t want the directions. I want the lessons, only without the boat, and the fish, or whatever. And I want to see foreign cities without wearing a sandwich board that says, “The End is coming.” I want God’s love without her laughter.
Kevin L. Ogle: Sexuality, Shame, and Resurrection Faith
April 11, 1999
I volunteered to preach to formally “come out” as a member of the Spirit and Sexuality Mission Group. Not that I’ve been keeping my participation a secret, but I’m aware that I haven’t much advertised it either. I want to confess that I’m merely what I assume I appear to be — a married heterosexual male. I started exploring with the Group to deepen my participation in Seekers at a time when work and parenting obligations made deeper connection difficult.
Marjory Zoet Bankson: Fear Constricts – Love Expands
April 04, 1999
These Easter sightings changed the world for a band of frightened disciples – and for you and me. They point to an ongoing relationship between the physical realm and the spiritual realm of mysterious connections, serendipitous events and unexplainable occurrences. The bare bones of the Easter story are these: we are linked by loss, called by name and sent forth to bear witness to what we have experienced.
David W. Lloyd: Voices On Passion Sunday
March 28, 1999
As an educated white male upper class American, I insulate myself from misery. My life can become the “Truman Show” or “Pleasantville.” I have to work much harder to encounter suffering. And yet, as the voices today remind me, the voices of suffering are all around me. I only have to exert some effort to hear them. I have developed a moral disability; I cannot hear the cries of the wounded, see their scars, or remember their pain.