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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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? […]
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 […]
Somebody out there is probably following Jesus without following us. We want to stop him and tell him how to do it right. Jesus says, “do not stop him….for whoever is not against us is for us.” 18th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) – September 27, 2015 – Mark […]
We’re pros at denial. (Don’t deny it.) But the elephant in the room does not go away – our God is not a God of victory as we imagine it, rather a God of the cross. 17th Sunday after Pentecost (Year B) – September 20, 2015 – Mark 9:30-37 St. […]