How Are You a Neighor?
Joshua Hosler • July 13, 2025
"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:
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