Holy Week 2016 Palm / Passion Sunday – March 20 We will remember Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem where the people welcomed him as a king. But then we will learn how quickly the same crowds demanded his death, as we hear the Passion according to Luke. The Three Days […]
The world calls us many names. But Christ gives you a new name – my beloved child. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-6QylTn6jY 2nd Sunday after the Epiphany – January 17, 2016 – Isaiah 62:1-5, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia A New Name – Pastor Evan Davis There’s a great […]
Are you looking for someone to save you? Are you tempted to play the savior for someone else? No need. Jesus has you both covered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aH_DHBLOyE Baptism of Our Lord (Year C) – January 10, 2016 – Isaiah 43:1-7, Luke 3:15-17,21-22 St. Jacob’s-Spaders Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia You Don’t Need […]
We don’t often change our minds. When Christ was born, God changed a lot of people’s minds about just what he was doing in the world. It took an epiphany. Maybe we need one too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oVVRe_Om2U Epiphany of Our Lord (transferred) – Sunday, January 3, 2016 – Matthew 2:1-12 St. […]
On Christmas Eve, Pastor Evan couldn’t just preach this year – he had to make things a little more…lyrical. Here’s his “poem” for Christmas this year: Refrain: (x2) You might think God is done with us / But oh my! God is one of us! God loves us! Everybody: […]
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 […]