Good Shepherd Sermons & Blogs
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
Maybe the one wise thing those five wise bridesmaids did was to be there.
Advent and Christmas at Good Shepherd
To be "blessed" means to participate in both the joy and the pain, and to run away from neither.
Jesus tells us there are only two commandments. Sounds easy, right?
Faith works here, love labors here, and hope endures here.
A note to Good Shepherd from State Senator Claire Wilson
Be prayerful. Talk to God.
Today, did I give my first fruits to God … or my last fruits?
What do Steven Universe and Jesus have in common?
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.