Good Shepherd Sermons & Blogs
"We are now being faced with a series of choices between the demands of the federal government and the teachings of Jesus, and that is no choice at all."
- The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church
2025-38
sermon preached at Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way, WA
www.goodshepherdfw.org
by the Rev. Anna Lynn, Deacon
The Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 10C-Tr1), July 13, 2025
Amos 7:7-17 ;
Psalm 82 ;
Colossians 1:1-14 ;
Luke 10:25-37
Art credit: Olga Bakhtina, "Good Samaritan with Lily"
retrieved from https://olgabakhtina.com/painting/good-samaritan-with-a-lily/ on 7/13/2025
Source of Presiding Bishop’s statement:
Maybe the one wise thing those five wise bridesmaids did was to be there.
Advent and Christmas at Good Shepherd
To be "blessed" means to participate in both the joy and the pain, and to run away from neither.
Jesus tells us there are only two commandments. Sounds easy, right?
Faith works here, love labors here, and hope endures here.
A note to Good Shepherd from State Senator Claire Wilson
Be prayerful. Talk to God.
Today, did I give my first fruits to God … or my last fruits?
What do Steven Universe and Jesus have in common?
When you’re talking about God, metaphors about working for what we deserve just … fall apart.
There is no need, ever, for you to worry about eternal damnation.