Welcome

St. John’s Lutheran Church2 July 2023 + Lectionary 13a (5 Pentecost)Matthew 10.40-42Rev. Josh Evans “Welcome.” It’s a word we throw around a lot. As a part of social etiquette: “Thank you … you’re welcome!” On the airplane’s final descent: “Welcome to Albany International Airport!” Even in churches, as I began this and every service: “Welcome …

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Still Plentiful

St. John’s Lutheran Church18 June 2023 + Lectionary 11a (3 Pentecost)Matthew 9.35–10.23Rev. Josh Evans Another Sunday, another call story. Actually, make that stories (plural). In the span of a few verses, one disciple becomes twelve – and probably more than that. They’re just the ones (the men) who get named. Their task: Proclaim the good …

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A Call for All

St. John’s Lutheran Church11 June 2023 + Lectionary 10a (2 Pentecost)Matthew 9.9-13, 18-26Rev. Josh Evans (Video unavailable this week.) There’s admittedly a lot going on in this Sunday’s gospel reading: a call story, a resuscitation story, and a healing story. Where do we even start? It can feel a little suffocating – perhaps as claustrophobic …

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Images of God

St. John’s Lutheran Church14 May 2023 + Easter 6aJohn 14.15-21; Acts 17.22-31Rev. Josh Evans “Our great father, God almighty, who is Being, knew and loved us from before the beginning of time. And from his knowledge, in his marvelously deep love and through the eternal foreseeing counsel of the whole blessed Trinity, he wanted the …

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