Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus29 December 2019 + Christmas 1John 1.1-14 (Nativity III)Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was in college, I worked for about a year as a student campus security officer. In hindsight, even a student job in public safety wasn’t the wisest choice for me, as someone who is …
Unity Lutheran Church24 December 2019 + Nativity of Our LordLuke 2.1-14Rev. Josh Evans, preaching Audio: Video: How did I wind up with so much stuff? Said anyone who has ever moved - and especially so when downsizing. Seriously: how did I wind up with so much stuff? I even got rid of a bunch of …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus22 December 2019 + Advent 4AMatthew 1.18-25; Isaiah 7.10-16Rev. Josh Evans, preaching On the First Sunday of Advent, we found ourselves at the end...literally. Remember that stuff about the unknown day and hour and one being taken and one being left? Then, the next week, we met the …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus8 December 2019 + Blue ChristmasMatthew 3.1-12, 11.2-11; Isaiah 35.1-10Rev. Josh Evans, preaching In this morning’s gospel reading for the Second Sunday of Advent, we heard the voice in the wilderness crying: John the Baptist’s bold call to repentance, to prepare the way of the Lord, to make …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus8 December 2019 + Advent 2AMatthew 3.1-12; Isaiah 11.1-10Rev. Josh Evans, preaching I have an idea: John the Baptist themed Christmas cards! Picture it: A brightly colored picture of John on the cover, dressed in his best camel’s hair outfit, holding a baggie of fresh locusts, just in …
Unity Lutheran Church + Christ the King Campus1 December 2019 + Advent 1AIsaiah 2.1-5; Matthew 24.36-44Rev. Josh Evans, preaching It feels hard to believe, but exactly one year ago on this day, December 1, I was ordained as a pastor into the ministry of Word and Sacrament in the ELCA. My ordination took place at …
Preacher's Note: Drawing inspiration from a liturgy we did at my internship congregation, this year for Christ the King Sunday we did a special liturgy in which we traced the liturgical year, season by season, in a pattern of hymn stanza-reading-reflection. What follows are my short reflections for each season, in order from Advent through …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus10 November 2019 + Lectionary 32CLuke 20.27-38; 2 Thessalonians 2.1-5, 13-17Rev. Josh Evans, preaching If Train A leaves Milwaukee at 1:05pm traveling at an average speed of 90mph, and Train B leaves Chicago at 1:15pm traveling at an average speed of 80mph…how many passengers are in coach? That …
Unity Lutheran Church + Cross of Life Campus27 October 2019 + Reformation SundayJohn 8.31-36; Jeremiah 31.31-34Rev. Josh Evans, preaching When I was growing up, my dad so tried to get me into sports, bless his heart. But one piece of sports wisdom he shared that actually stuck with me: Root for your team, not against …
Lutheran Center Chapel, Chicago23 October 2019 + Lectionary 29CGenesis 32.22-31; Luke 18.1-8Rev. Josh Evans, preaching Over the past year, I have become deeply acquainted with the commute between Milwaukee and Chicago. I’ve seen I-94 through various stages of construction, but only recently, have I started to notice the signs that read “Stay In Your Lane.” …
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