Love Your Enemies
Joshua Hosler • April 22, 2025
2025-14
sermon preached at Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way, WA
www.goodshepherdfw.org
by the Rev. Carola von Wrangel
Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, February 23, 2025
The Trinity is not just an idea about God, but an experience of God and an invitation to a dance.
Don't you dare fit in. Belong ... in all your uniqueness.
Just how wide open are our arms? Pride month is a good time to search our hearts for that answer.
Theophilus? Who the heck is Theophilus?
"I wish there were a club of people who dedicate their lives to loving everyone, even those who don’t really deserve it."
That’s what repentance is. It’s not about beating yourself up with guilt and shame.
Jesus urges his own leaders to look back to the prophet Ezekiel and humbly place themselves into his narrative.
In Christianity, to be "saved" is to be radicalized by God's love.
We remember those we love by helping others.
How can we breathe the Holy Spirit onto others?