For the Second Sunday after Epiphany, so I bring you a children’s sermon on John 2:1-11. It’s “the wedding at Cana.” (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) I really love this text. I often use it when teaching groups St. Ignatius of Loyola’s “Prayer of the Senses.” (You can find […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22 — The Baptism of Jesus
This Sunday is “The Baptism of the Lord,” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22. As I wrote in my Monday Meditation on this text a while back, this is the story that the Orthodox celebrate at Epiphany. They call it “Theophany.” This is the key moment that reveals the nature […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 1:1-18
Word Cloud of John 1:1-18 NRSV For the second Sunday after Christmas (in “Year C” of the lectionary) here’s a children’s sermon on John 1:1-18. One sometimes hears the comment that Scripture is like the ocean—more that deep and wide enough for the most accomplished swimmer, but with shallows along the shore for any child […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 2:41-52
For the first Sunday after Christmas (this year the very day after Christmas) I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 2:41-52. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) As texts for children’s sermons go, I think of this as low-hanging fruit. It’s a story It’s about a kid—about Jesus, no less, […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:39-57–Mary and Elizabeth
Here you go: a children’s sermon on Luke 1:39-57 for the 4th Sunday of Advent. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here. One of my better efforts, actually, so check it out.) The lectionary has just the initial encounter of Mary with Elizabeth as the text for Sunday. Mary’s song is […]
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