St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York12 October 2025 + Eighteenth Sunday after PentecostProper 23 / Lectionary 28cLuke 17:11-19The Rev. Josh Evans We don’t like to imagine a racist, xenophobic Jesus –and that’s probably not what’s going on here,though it’s always hard to convey tone in the written word, isn’t it? It’s a challenging question to …
St. John’s Lutheran ChurchAlbany, New York13 July 2025 + Fifth Sunday after PentecostProper 10 / Lectionary 15cLuke 10:25-37The Rev. Josh Evans In nearly seven years of ordained ministry,you might be shocked to learn – as I was –that I have, apparently, never preached on this parable before.This parable of the so-called “Good Samaritan,”as our Bibles …
St. Philip Lutheran Church9 October 2022 + Lect. 28c (Pentecost 18)Luke 17.11-19Rev. Josh Evans “I was screaming out for help and no one was stopping to even notice and I’ve never felt more voiceless.” When she was starting out at a new school in 7th grade, the beginning of her middle and high school career, …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus15 March 2020 + Lent 3AJohn 4.5-42; Exodus 17.1-7Rev. Josh Evans, preaching This week at Unity, we live-streamed our Saturday liturgy at the Cross of Life Campus and our Sunday liturgy at the Christ the King Campus. The COL recording is linked here, and the gospel reading and …
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Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus13 October 2019 + Lectionary 28CLuke 17.11-19Rev. Josh Evans, preaching For the past several weeks, I’ve been carrying one, single, “AA” battery with me in my bag. And not just any “AA” battery, but a dead “AA” battery. And you might ask, “Pastor Josh, why are you carrying …
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