Yearly Archives: 2015


One Coat Will Do

John the Baptist, like all the prophets, is an unreasonable man.  He has some strong opinions on how life should be lived and how God’s many gifts should be shared.  You could call it an “economic plan” for the kingdom of God.  And for John, one coat will do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iyOei3xgoA […]


Unremarkable Prophets

God works through unlikely people, in strange situations, to speak a sudden word of pure grace.  The dawn from on high crests over the horizon to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqDDsndU6Lo   Second Sunday of Advent (Year C) – December 6, 2015 […]


Is This the End?

Many wonder if we are living in the final days of God’s Creation, and reading the news may encourage that belief.  The truth is, we don’t know and Jesus doesn’t seem to concerned about it.  He is concerned about how we wait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPghEtOKmz4   First Sunday of Advent (Year C) […]


Fluctuat Nec Mergitur

The people of Paris are not afraid.  Neither is Jesus before Pilate.  We don’t have to be either.     Christ the King (Year B) – November 22, 2015 – Revelation 1:4b-8, John 18:33-37 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia Fluctuat Nec Mergitur – Pastor Evan Davis Many of you […]


God With Us in Death and Life

Jesus knows what it is to grieve. All Saints Day (Year B) – November 1, 2015 – Revelation 21:1-6, John 11:32-44 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia God With Us in Death and Life – Pastor Evan Davis I’m thirty years old and I have never lost a member of […]


Keeping It Real

Our religion can often become idealized, especially in thinking that our faith is mostly about learning how to be better.  Martin Luther’s Reformation, however, was all about keeping it real.  Keeping it real about us, and keeping it real about God. Reformation Sunday (Year B) – October 25, 2015 – […]


Preparing for the Kingdom

You’re going to the kingdom of God (heaven).  In fact, it’s already all around you…  But will you like it?   20th Sunday after Pentecost – October 11, 2015 – Mark 10:17-31 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia Preparing for the Kingdom – Pastor Evan Davis How’s your elbow feeling? […]


On Marriage

I couldn’t come up with a clever title for this sermon, so here it is, a sermon on marriage and divorce.   19th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) – October 4, 2015 – Genesis 2:18-24, Mark 10:2-16 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia “On Marriage” – Pastor Evan Davis What […]