St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York6 July 2025 + Fourth Sunday after PentecostProper 9 / Lectionary 14c2 Kings 5:1-14; Galatians 6:7-16The Rev. Josh Evans “Praise to you for your saving waters,”we pray at the font:“Noah and the animals survive the flood,Hagar discovers your well.The Israelites escape through the sea,and they drink from your gushing rock.Naaman …
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 Church11 February 2024 + Transfiguration of Our LordMark 9:2-9; 2 Kings 2:1-12Rev. Josh Evans It’s tempting to want to stay in certain moments, isn’t it? Moments where everything is dazzling and bright and clean and safe – far removed from the pain and brokenness we experience on an all-too-regular basis. It’s tempting …
St. Philip Lutheran Church3 July 2022 + Lect. 14c (Pentecost 4)2 Kings 5.1-14Rev. Josh Evans “Praise to you for your saving waters,”we pray at the font:“Noah and the animals survive the flood,Hagar discovers your well.The Israelites escape through the sea,and they drink from your gushing rock.Naaman washes his leprosy away,and the Samaritan woman will never …
St. Philip Lutheran Church14 February 2021 + Transfiguration of Our LordMark 9.2-9; 2 Kings 2.1-12Rev. Josh Evans, preaching The thought of a week-long forecast of temperatures in the mid-90s - even reaching the lower 100s - seems unbearable … though maybe not altogether unwelcome on a snowy midwestern day with wind chills well below zero. …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus7 July 2019 + Lectionary 14C2 Kings 5.1-14, (15-19a); Luke 10.1-11, 16-20Rev. Josh Evans, preaching If “healing stories in the Bible” were a Family Feud category, survey says… the story of Naaman probably isn’t on the board. Which is a shame. Because it’s such a fascinating story. So …
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Pastor Josh Evans 