St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York4 October 2026 + The Nineteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 22 / Lectionary 27aMatthew 21:33-46The Rev. Josh Evans You know the story: When God began to createthe heavens and the earth,the earth was complete chaos… And slowly, step-by-step, day-by-day,God spoke into the chaos:“Let there be light,” and there was light…to illumine …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York31 May 2026 + The First Sunday after Pentecost: Trinity SundayGenesis 1:1—2:4aThe Rev. Josh Evans When Glendale Community College’s commencement ceremonies“hit a snag” earlier this month,with some graduates’ names being read incorrectlyand others not at all,college president Tiffany Hernandez explained,“We’re using a new AI system as our reader.” Speakers at …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York22 February 2026 + The First Sunday in LentGenesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7; Matthew 4:1-11The Rev. Josh Evans Since its inception in 1947,the so-called Doomsday Clock,an initiative of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists,has served as a clever, if not ominous, visual,warning the public about how close we areto destroying our planetwith …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York6 October 2024 + Lectionary 27bGenesis 2:18-24; Mark 10:2-16Rev. Josh Evans We almost know the story by heart:When God began to create the heavens and the earth… Over the course of the six days of creation,God speaks something into existence,and so it appears:Let there be light.And there was light. Let …
St. John’s Lutheran Church8 October 2023 + Lect. 27a (19 Pentecost)Matthew 21.33-46Rev. Josh Evans Living in an apartment has its downsides, to be sure: the smaller space, the lack of a backyard, the occasional loud party down the hall – or, even worse, upstairs. But it also has its advantages, especially if you’re anything like …
St. Philip Lutheran Church2 October 2022 + Lect. 27c (Pentecost 17)Habakkuk 1.1-4; 2.1-4Rev. Josh Evans “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that …
St. Philip Lutheran Church3 Oct. 2021 + Lect. 27b (St. Francis)Genesis 2.18-24Rev. Josh Evans We almost know the story by heart:In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Over the course of the six days of creation, God speaks something into existence, and so it appears:Let there be light. And there was light. …
St. Philip Lutheran Church4 October 2020 + Lectionary 27AMatthew 21.33-46Rev. Josh Evans, preaching Living in an apartment has its downsides: loud neighbors, no backyard, smaller space. But it also has its advantages: Plumbing issue? Call the landlord! Heat doesn’t work? Call the landlord! Dishwasher broken? Call the landlord! At the end of the day, the …
This Sunday, I had the opportunity to worship with the people of God at First Lutheran Church, a neighboring ELCA congregation not far from Augustana. You can read more about the ministry FLC is up to in Omaha on their website. First Lutheran Church, Omaha, NE 21 August 2016 + Lectionary 21C Luke 13.10-17 Some …
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