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:
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.
We have the privilege, for a remarkably short time, of experiencing a remarkably tiny piece of God’s creation.
Are you following Jesus, or standing in his way?
Who do you say the "Son of Man" is?
God has given us a playground ... not a battlefield.
When you sink your ship of safety, will you try walking on water?
From your Faith In Action Team: Want to support our fellow Washingtonians in Spokane? Here are a few ways you can help.
And where does your food come from?
From inside her prison cell, the question arose: "What if this Jesus thing is true?"
When we make winning our ultimate goal, we cause others to lose.
When a seed sprouts, who knows what it will become?