St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York18 October 2026 + The 21st Sunday after PentecostProper 24 / Lectionary 29aMatthew 22:15-22The Rev. Josh Evans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GplTSPZoyfU “When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard [Jesus’] parables,they realized that he was speaking about them.They wanted to arrest him,but they feared the crowds…” And so, before too long,one parable later,the …
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 York19 May 2024 + The Day of PentecostActs 2:1-21Rev. Josh Evans “I grew up with two languages,” Isaac Villegas reflects on his childhood – speaking English at home with his parents and sister, while being absorbed in the native Spanish of his Costa Rican grandparents during the day when his …
St. John’s Lutheran Church14 May 2023 + Easter 6aJohn 14.15-21; Acts 17.22-31Rev. Josh Evans “Our great father, God almighty, who is Being, knew and loved us from before the beginning of time. And from his knowledge, in his marvelously deep love and through the eternal foreseeing counsel of the whole blessed Trinity, he wanted the …
