St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Albany, NY26 October 2025 + Twentieth Sunday after PentecostProper 25 / Lectionary 30cLuke 18:9-14The Rev. Josh Evans (Jump ahead to 23:05 for the beginning of the sermon this week.) I have a confession:I hate stewardship sermons. (How’s that for an intro from the guest preacherbrought here specifically for your stewardship campaign?) …
You would’ve thought I had asked if Jesus was the Son of God or not. Earlier this week, I posed a simple poll on Facebook to my fellow Lutherans: This weekend, my congregation is observing: 👍 The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost(and we’re staying green) ❤️ Reformation Sunday(and we’re going red) Please react appropriately. The reactions …
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St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York27 October 2024 + Lectionary 30b (Reformation)Mark 10:46-52Rev. Josh Evans I can’t help but wonderhow long he had been sitting there. I can’t help but wonderwhat stories, or news, or town gossip he had heard,just sitting there –ignored and out of sight…but certainly not out of earshot. This beggar,this nobody,except …
St. John’s Lutheran Church29 October 2023 + Reformation SundayJeremiah 29:10-14; 31:31-34; Psalm 46Rev. Josh Evans It’s a beautiful passage – a new covenant, a God who lovingly takes God’s people by the hand, total and complete forgiveness. It also doesn’t come out of nowhere – but at a time of total devastation and ruin, uncertainty …
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