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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Pastor Josh Evans 