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; } Sometime in 2011 I came across an article in the Washington Post about a Palestinian American named Nasser Abufarha that set my life in a new direction. The article reported that one day in 2003 Nasser, as a doctoral candidate at the U of Wisconsin, was drinking a cup of coffee at Starbucks when he noticed the Fair Trade label on his cup. He thought to himself, “I should be able to go back to my village in the West Bank (Palestine) and organize the impoverished olive farmers, into cooperatives, offer them an above-market fair trade price for their olives, teach them organic farming practices, and sell their olive oil as fair trade and organic to outlets in Europe and the United States.” Roy Barber summarizes how his sense of call has changed throughout his life: How many of you have had a spiritual experience? [most people raised their hands] How many of you never told anyone about it? [a few raised their hands] The story that we just heard – of women who discovered an empty tomb, remembered Jesus saying that he would “rise again” and then had their story disbelieved – is a story of finding words to describe resurrection, which is what we celebrate on this Easter Sunday. For Palm Sunday the Children’s Word invited both children and adults into a loud celebration of Jesus entering Jerusalem with paper streamers, popcorn, confetti, and of course palms! Needless to say we made a mess in the main aisle of the sanctuary that became our “street” into Jerusalem. For the Word, a special guest speaker unexpectedly appeared. Martha of Martha’s Street Cleaning Services came to clean up the mess we had made on our “street.” I want to dedicate these words to Nicaragua because it has been 12 months since the political crisis began. Between 350 and 500 people have lost their lives, more than a 1,000 have been physically injured, 779 people have been imprisoned for their participation in social protests (200 of them recently released), 70,000 have gone into exile, and there have been 700 acts of aggressions against journalists covering the protests, and 66 journalists went into exile – this is just to give some numbers. Are the protests an attempt to overthrow a legitimate democratic government, carried out by an elite hungry for power? Is the crisis a civic insurrection, led by the people for the people, tired of years of corruption, abuse of power and dictatorship? What is the solution? Who has the solution? And what does all of this have to do with you, as a Christian and as a U.S. citizen? Are you part of the solution?“From Scarcity to Abundance” by Billy Amoss
May 5, 2019The Third Sunday of Easter
“The Call Changes” by Roy Barber
April 28, 2019The Second Sunday of Easter
“Finding Words for Resurrection” by Marjory Bankson
April 21, 2019Easter Sunday
“Palm Sunday” by Brenda Seat
April 14, 2019Palm Sunday
“Solidarity with Nicaragua—Christian Based” by Oswaldo Montoya
April 7, 2019The Fifth Sunday in Lent