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 Church + Christ the King Campus1 December 2019 + Advent 1AIsaiah 2.1-5; Matthew 24.36-44Rev. Josh Evans, preaching It feels hard to believe, but exactly one year ago on this day, December 1, I was ordained as a pastor into the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA. My ordination took place at …
A sermon about darkness and God's presence that I preached at the interfaith service at my CPE site
