St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York29 June 2025 + Third Sunday after PentecostProper 8 / Lectionary 13c1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21; 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14The Rev. Josh Evans Remember last week?Elijah was afraid, fleeing for his life.Elijah was tired, taking refuge in a cave in the wilderness by himself.Elijah was burnt out, asking that he might …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York9 February 2025 + Lectionary 5cIsaiah 6:1-13; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11Rev. Josh Evans It’s been over a decade now,but I remember it like it was yesterday: I was at a small group leaders’ retreat for Urban Village Church in Chicago, where I had been attending during the …
St. John’s Lutheran Church4 February 2024 + Epiphany 5bMark 1:29-39Rev. Josh Evans Give the woman a break! As quickly as Jesus takes her by the hand, lifts her up out of bed, and cures her of her fever, she gets up and begins to serve them?! It sounds ridiculous – and a little sexist – …
St. John’s Lutheran Church18 June 2023 + Lectionary 11a (3 Pentecost)Matthew 9.35–10.23Rev. Josh Evans Another Sunday, another call story. Actually, make that stories (plural). In the span of a few verses, one disciple becomes twelve – and probably more than that. They’re just the ones (the men) who get named. Their task: Proclaim the good …
St. John’s Lutheran Church11 June 2023 + Lectionary 10a (2 Pentecost)Matthew 9.9-13, 18-26Rev. Josh Evans (Video unavailable this week.) There’s admittedly a lot going on in this Sunday’s gospel reading: a call story, a resuscitation story, and a healing story. Where do we even start? It can feel a little suffocating – perhaps as claustrophobic …
Pastor Josh Evans 