St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York26 January 2025 + Lectionary 3cLuke 4:14-21, [22-30]; Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19Rev. Josh Evans Words have power. For the community returning from exile,people of every gender and age, of every status and ability,hearing the words of the Torah read by Ezra the priestelicits a variety of responses. This …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York2 June 2024 + Lectionary 9bMark 2:23–3:6; Deuteronomy 5:12-15Rev. Josh Evans “Remember the sabbath day, and keep it boring.” That’s how Episcopal priest Barbara Brown Taylor recalls her childhood religious experience of “sabbath” – a day defined by “could nots”: you could not wear blue jeans, you could not play …
St. Philip Lutheran Church7 March 2021 + Lent 3BExodus 20.1-17; 1 Cor 1.18-25; John 2.13-22Rev. Josh Evans, preaching She wasn’t sure what she expected to happen, but it wasn’t that. She could never have imagined what happened next… You might even say it was unprecedented. That seems to be the word of the last year, …
This week, I was invited to preach at the weekly Eucharist at the Churchwide Office ("headquarters") of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), where I have also recently started a position as Interim Coordinator for Global Service Events with the Global Mission Unit of the ELCA. Pictured above, from left to right, is me, …
Continue reading A Sermon about Sabbath, Life, and Liberation: Lectionary 9 / Pentecost 2
Pastor Josh Evans 