A Repetitive Invitation

St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York4 August 2024 + Lectionary 18bJohn 6:24-35Rev. Josh Evans “Sometimes bread is just bread,”as the brilliant New Testament scholar Dr. Barbara Rossing once suggested,following a decisively eucharistic sermon I had just delivered on John chapter 6 one afternoon during a preaching class at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. …

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Overwhelmed: A Sermon for Lectionary 18C / Pentecost 11C

Augustana Lutheran Church 31 July 2016 + Lectionary 18C Luke 12.13-21 [22-34] It’s all a little bit overwhelming, isn’t it? This election season, that is. We’ve certainly witnessed a mix of exciting and interesting moments. One moment in particular caught my attention this past Tuesday as delegates at the Democratic National Convention cast their votes, …

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