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. John’s Lutheran Church9 July 2023 + Lectionary 14a (6 Pentecost)Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30Rev. Josh Evans Buried somewhere in a box in my storage unit (along with all my other office artwork that someday I’ll be able to hang up again) is a framed quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr. that was given to me …
St. Philip Lutheran Church18 July 2021 + Lectionary 16B (Pent. 8)Mark 6.30-34, 53-56Rev. Josh Evans, preaching How are you? “I’m doing fine.” “I’m good.” Or for the grammatically astute among us: “I’m well.” But imagine if we answered: “Honestly, I’m languishing.” Languishing. It’s the “blah” feeling that psychologist Adam Grant suggests many of us might …
Lutheran Church of the Cross, Arlington Heights 22 July 2018 + Lectionary 16B (Pentecost 9) Mark 6.30-34, 53-56 What gives you rest? Maybe it’s listening to your favorite radio station or podcast on your way home from work. Or coming home to a home-cooked meal (or having a pizza delivered!) and unwinding after a stressful …
Sermon for ML 403 Preaching Lab Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago 6 October 2015 Matthew 11.16-19, 25-30 (Pentecost 5A) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see. You know the words. And you could probably sing …
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