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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Carolyn D. Shields: Opening Ourselves To New Wine
September 27, 1998
Seekers understands that the inner and outward journeys cannot be separated. Jesus’ teachings show a deep awareness of how individuals are victimized by society. Compassion for ourselves, compassion for our faith community, and compassion for the poor and marginalized go hand in hand. For all his talk of heretics, Peck mentions that he does see some small signs of hope for the Christian church, and the only church he specifically mentions by name is the Church of the Savior.
Ronald Arms: A Good Enough Commitment
September 20, 1998
A seeker asks a teacher, “What are you really talking about?” The teacher replies, “You see this goblet? For me this glass is already broken. I enjoy it; I drink out of it. It holds water admirably, sometimes even reflecting the sun in beautiful patterns. If I should tap it, it has a lovely ring to it. But when I put the glass on a shelf and the wind knocks it over or my elbow brushes it off the table and it falls to the ground and shatters, I say, ‘Of course.’ But when I understand this glass is already broken, every moment with it is precious.”
Kate Cudlipp: Taking Hold and Letting Go
September 06, 1998
Our lives are not lives of scarcity; they are ones of abundance. The challenge of letting go for us, in this country and at this time, is not to turn our backs on the abundance and see scarcity as the plight of humanity but to learn to hold what we have lightly — with open hands.
Deborah Sokolove: What is Truth?
August 23, 1998
The center of Jesus’ teaching was not, after all, a set of postulates to be believed. Jesus taught through parables, stories that probably weren’t factual, but that contained a deeper kind of truth about the human condition and about the nature of God. It seems to me that this is the way to read the Bible as a whole, especially, perhaps, the Gospels.
Pat Conover: Covenant and Community
August 16, 1998
I’ve been meaning to preach this sermon for a couple of years. It starts from my concern that Seekers makes a lot of use of the word community. When Seekers was renaming itself a few years ago, I was for including the word in our official name. I invested a big hunk of my thirties in the creation of an intentional Christian community named Shalom Community. So I clearly like the word community. … And I am unsatisfied and hope to lure you into similar dissatisfaction.