A Sermon for ICE Agents (and the Ordinary People Who Protest Them)

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York8 February 2026 + The Fifth Sunday after the EpiphanyLectionary 5aMatthew 5:13-20The Rev. Josh Evans Light is a powerful image. Just about a decade ago, I was on internship –the nearly year-long period of full-time field educationrequired as a part of my seminary formation –at Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, …

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A Gospel That Insists on Love

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York12 October 2025 + Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 23 / Lectionary 28cLuke 17:11-19The Rev. Josh Evans We don’t like to imagine a racist, xenophobic Jesus –and that’s probably not what’s going on here,though it’s always hard to convey tone in the written word, isn’t it? It’s a challenging question to …

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