Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus8 December 2019 + Blue ChristmasMatthew 3.1-12, 11.2-11; Isaiah 35.1-10Rev. Josh Evans, preaching In this morning’s gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Advent, we heard the voice in the wilderness crying: John the Baptist’s bold call to repentance, to prepare the way of the Lord, to make …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus8 December 2019 + Advent 2AMatthew 3.1-12; Isaiah 11.1-10Rev. Josh Evans, preaching I have an idea: John the Baptist themed Christmas cards! Picture it: A brightly colored picture of John on the cover, dressed in his best camel’s hair outfit, holding a baggie of fresh locusts, just in …
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 …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus24 March 2019 + Third Sunday in LentIsaiah 55.1-9Rev. Josh Evans, preaching So there we were: hiking through the Badlands National Park in South Dakota. This was one of many summer vacation trips my dad and I took when I was growing up. One year took us all …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus10 February 2019 + Fifth Sunday after Epiphany (Lectionary 5C)Luke 5.1-11; Isaiah 6.1-8Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was growing up, my grandparents had a large pond in their backyard, and my grandpa was fond of catch-and-release fishing — a hobby he tried to get me into. I …
Continue reading Into the Deep: A Sermon for the Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
Ahh, last but not least in this week's installment of Josh Catches Up on Posting Sermons: This is the first sermon preached for the Christ the King campus and my second sermon overall preached at Unity. Sadly, CTK doesn't (currently) have the technological capability to record audio or video of sermons, so this is one …
Continue reading A Sermon about How Good News Spreads to the Most Unlikely Characters
Lord of Love Lutheran Church 18 December 2016 + Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7.10-16; Matthew 1.18-25 Our first gospel text of Advent brought us a cheery end-of-the-world wake-up call, filled with images of rapture and thieves and catastrophic floods. Then we met the homely locust-eating, camel hair-wearing, name-calling John the Baptist and his brash …
Continue reading A Sermon about How Immanuel Has Nothing (and everything) to Do with Jesus
Pastor Josh Evans 