St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York15 December 2024 + Advent 6 (Advent 3c)Philippians 4:4-7; Luke 3:7-18Rev. Josh Evans Rejoice in the Lord always!Again, I say: Rejoice!Don’t be anxious about anything … just… pray. With all due respect to St. Paul,that’s a lot easier said than done. If peace sometimes feels like the hardest candle to …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York8 December 2024 + Advent 5 (Advent 2c)Luke 3:1-6Rev. Josh Evans Over the past four weeks of our extended Advent observance,we have lit our candles… The candle of care –reminding us of our calling to extend to othersthe care of a God who cares for us. The candle of faith …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York1 December 2024 + Advent 4 (Advent 1c)Luke 21:25-36Rev. Josh Evans Hope. We throw that word around a lot, don’t we?“I hope it snows!” (“I hope it doesn’t!”)“I hope we have pizza for dinner!”“I hope the Bills win!” That kind of hope, while indeed expressing a real desire for something, …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York17 November 2024 + Advent 2 (Lectionary 33b)Mark 13:1-8Rev. Josh Evans “There is one sin which I have come to fear above all others.Certainty.Certainty is the great enemy of unity.Certainty is the deadly enemy of tolerance.Even Christ was not certain at the end.[‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York10 November 2024 + Advent 1 (Lectionary 32b)1 Kings 17:8-16Rev. Josh Evans Sometimes, there are no words… Sometimes, there are so many words.Over the past years and months and weeks,there have been a lot of words,and debates, and posts, and signs. Over the last week, I’ve seen a lot of …
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