Note: An edited version of this reflection appears in the January 2020 issue of the UNITY Lutheran Church newsletter. As I write this article, I’m sitting in my apartment, in near-total darkness, except for the glow of the lights on my Christmas tree and two other strands of lights I have hanging around my front …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus29 December 2019 + Christmas 1John 1.1-14 (Nativity III)Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was in college, I worked for about a year as a student campus security officer. In hindsight, even a student job in public safety wasn’t the wisest choice for me, as someone who is …
Unity Lutheran Church24 December 2019 + Nativity of Our LordLuke 2.1-14Rev. Josh Evans, preaching Audio: Video: How did I wind up with so much stuff? Said anyone who has ever moved - and especially so when downsizing. Seriously: how did I wind up with so much stuff? I even got rid of a bunch of …
For those playing along at home, this is sermon catch-up post #3 of 4! It also inches ever closer to bringing us up to the present day. The sermon below, for the First Sunday of Christmas, is the first sermon I preached at the Cross of Life campus of Unity Lutheran Church, a two-campus worshipping …
Continue reading A Sermon about Lingering in (ALL) the Holy Days of Christmas
Preacher's note: This is a sermon for which you'll want to listen along, as there are audio elements not included in the manuscript. Augustana Lutheran Church 25 December 2016 + Nativity of Our Lord (Christmas Day) John 1.1-14 In the beginning— no, before the beginning— before the beginning when God sat alone in the murky …
Continue reading In the Beginning: A Homily, in Verse, for the Nativity of Our Lord
On this second day of Christmas, I offer the following reflection on St. Stephen's Day, originally written for Fling Wide the Doors, the 2014-2015 Advent and Christmastide devotional by the community of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Chicago. Stephen's story is recorded in the book of Acts. He was appointed as one of the first deacons of …
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