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My Advent Class on Classic Lectio Divina is BACK!

November 22, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

classic lectio divina

After a two year hiatus I’m once again offering my online class on classic lectio divina for Advent. Woot! Advent Advent is the four week long ramp up to Christmas. The Church, long long ago, had the insight that we shouldn’t just jump into our celebration of the birth of Jesus, God in the Flesh. […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Prayer

A Children’s Sermon on John 3:14-21

November 21, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on John 3:14-21

The Pharos of Alexandria (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Preface for Pastors (and Parents) A children’s sermon on John 3:14-21 has to cover a few different bases. Ether that, or it needs to just ignore the days in the Church year that this passage comes up in the lectionary. It comes up a lot, in […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Holy Cross, John 3:16, Lent 2, Lent 4, RCL Years ABC, Trinity Sunday

Interview with Brian Plachta, Spiritual Director and Author of Finding Flow

November 15, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Brian Plachta, author of Finding Flow

Brian Plachta, author of Finding Flow Gary Neal Hansen: Brian, I think my readers will be very interested in what you are currently working on, as well as your previous book, Finding Flow. thank you so much for agreeing to let me interview you. If someone looked at both parts of your vocational life they might […]

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A Children’s Sermon on Mark 14:17-25 — World Communion Sunday

October 5, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

children's sermon on Mark 14:17-25 -- World Communion Sunday

Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Mark 14:17-25 is another “bonus” — that is, it goes beyond my primary goal of writing a children’s sermon for every Gospel reading assigned in the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m sending it out just now because, as I write, this Sunday is “World Communion Sunday.” Many […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, RCL Year B, World Communion Sunday

A New Children’s Sermon on Mark 8:27-38 — Saving Your Soul?

September 23, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Preface for Pastors and Parents This is a new children’s sermon on Mark 8:27-38. I did one before. (You can find it here) That seems possibly appropriate, since in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary most of this text (verses 31-38) comes up twice: first on the 2nd Sunday of Lent, and then, in […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry, Theology Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Lent 2, Proper 19(24), RCL Year B

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