What Possesses Me?
Joshua Hosler • September 8, 2025
Did Jesus really say we have to give up all our possessions?
2025-46
sermon preached at Church of the Good Shepherd, Federal Way, WA
www.goodshepherdfw.org
by the Rt. Rev. Phil LaBelle, Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 18C-Tr1), September 7, 2025
Jeremiah 18:1-11 ; Psalm 139:1-5, 12-17 ; Philemon 1-21 ; Luke 14:25-33
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.
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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."
In our baptism, we signed up to be martyrs.