Jesus the Gate

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York26 April 2026 + The Fourth Sunday of EasterJohn 10:1-10The Rev. Josh Evans Once again,it’s the Fourth Sunday of Easter –Good Shepherd Sunday –except…there’s no Good Shepherd to be found.That’s next year. This year,we get…a gate –a rather unremarkableand perhaps a little confusingpassage on its own,but one with depths of …

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A Sermon about a Boatload of Wine, God’s Vision of Abundant Life, and Living in Relationship

Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus20 January 2019 + Second Sunday after Epiphany (Lectionary 2C)John 2.1-11Rev. Josh Evans, preaching How did I not join Costco sooner?! Packages of toilet paper as big as your bathtub — I’ve still got a handful of rolls from one I bought in June — and food in …

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A Sermon about Sabbath, Life, and Liberation: Lectionary 9 / Pentecost 2

This week, I was invited to preach at the weekly Eucharist at the Churchwide Office ("headquarters") of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), where I have also recently started a position as Interim Coordinator for Global Service Events with the Global Mission Unit of the ELCA. Pictured above, from left to right, is me, …

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