Jesus wasn’t the Good Customer Service Rep…

(This is the sermon I preached for Sunday, May 3, 2020. You can find the entire service at www.ststephenlc.org and view previous services at www.ststephenlc.org/sermons.)

I’m not a big fan of Good Shepherd Sunday. There I said it.

When we say Good Shepherd Sunday, what often happens is that many people get this image in their head of a calming, soothing Jesus, holding a perfectly clean shining white lamb over his shoulders, with a smile on his face, who walks so carefully as to not unwittingly step on a bug in his path. A Jesus…