Sermon : Getting To Know You
Jessica Isenberg • December 30, 2024
First Sunday After Christmas
2025-05
Sermon preached at Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way, WA
www.goodshepherdfw.org
by the Mother Carola Von Wrangle, Sabbatical Priest
First Sunday after Christmas, December 29, 2024
Isaiah 61:10-62:3 ;
Galatians 3:23-25; 4:4-7 ;
John 1:1-18 ;
Psalm 147 or 147:13-21
Too often, the church has made LGBTQ+ people pay an entrance fee that Jesus never charged.
In the midst of Jesus’ toughest words, we also hear some of his most tender.
Once others understand us to be worthy of love, they can be courageous on our behalf.
To show mercy inherently involves risk.
The administration's new announcement about green cards intends to rip families apart.
What's with this weird Christian three-ness?
As we baptize Thomas today, his Aunt Molly converses with children about baptism.
Why are you staring up into heaven? You have work to do!
Choral Evensong for the Eve of the Ascension, May 13, 2026
"The idol is a collective self-deception."