St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York8 September 2024 + Lectionary 23bMark 7:24-37; James 2:1-10, 14-17; Psalm 146Rev. Josh Evans It sounds like Jesus didn’t read James:“If you show partiality, you commit sin…” But of course that’s an anachronism.Jesus would have had no occasion to read James,a book written many years after his lifetime. But surely …
St. Philip Lutheran Church25 September 2022 + Lect. 26c (Pentecost 16)Luke 16.19-31Rev. Josh Evans Very few things will get me out of bed at 4:30 in the morning: A fire alarm.A sudden crash of thunder as intense as though lightning struck my own roof.My cats knocking something over in the next room. This past Monday, …
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St. Philip Lutheran Church12 September 2021 + Lectionary 24b (Pent. 16)James 3.1-12Rev. Josh Evans My recent road trip brought me safely from Chicago, through Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania. Next stop: New York. As I made my way through New Jersey - about to cross the George Washington Bridge into Manhattan - traffic that had been steadily …
Pastor Josh Evans 