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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.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-4136 {margin-left: -2em; }.wp-show-posts-columns#wpsp-4136 .wp-show-posts-inner {margin: 0 0 2em 2em; } At the literal level, the gospel reading for today is fairly obvious: even a cup of cold water constitutes mission in the name of Jesus. And, in an age of quick rewards and tight schedules, maybe that’s all we have time for! But the context of this reading from Matthew suggests a deeper theme — one that puts it squarely in the middle of Pentecost and what it means to live with the Holy Spirit. Last Sunday was special to me in part because of David’s prayer of confession and the interaction with David during the sharing. To preach in Seekers is an act of vulnerability, whether the preacher likes it or not. David brought us a picture of his theological engagement around a classic Christian doctrine. This was important enough to him that he was willing to risk the reactions and stay with us for the next round of conversation. Since I’ve said a few things from this pulpit that were not well-received by everyone, I know this is not all pleasure… Abram and his wife Sarai pack up all their possessions, and leave their comfortable, familiar world to wander in the wilderness, discovering along the way a new life, a new understanding, a new relationship with God. Abram and his wife Sarai pack up all their possessions, and leave their comfortable, familiar world to wander in the wilderness, discovering along the way a new life, a new understanding, a new relationship with God. I am my parents’ son, and my sisters’ brother, and I am the son-in-law of Sharon’s parents and brother-in-law to Sharon’s siblings. In both of them I am my daughters’ father, and my wife’s husband and uncle to my nephews and nieces. To my mother I am her son. I am not her father or husband brother or son-in-law or uncle. To Sharon, I am neither son nor son-in-law, nor father nor brother nor uncle. And so on. To me I am just me. I am all of these other relationships when I am with these other people, but I am always me. Marjory Zoet Bankson: LECH-LECHA: Go Forth
June 30, 1996
Pat Conover: Three Ways to Know God
June 16, 1996
Deborah Sokolove: Leaving Our Father’s House
June 09, 1996
Deborah Sokolove: Leaving Our Father’s House
June 09, 1996
David W. Lloyd: Who is God? A Trinitarian View
June 02, 1996