For the second Sunday in Lent, I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 13:31-35. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) The passage has two distinct sections. They do tie together as one scene, but they have different subjects, different literary styles, and very different emotional tones. The first is passion […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 4:1-13 — The Temptation of Christ
This Sunday is the first Sunday of Lent, so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 4:1-13, the temptation of Christ. I love the story, and hope you’ll read my Monday Meditation on it here from a while back. It’s one of those texts where the details contradict every point I think I recollect […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 9:28-36–The Transfiguration
It’s Transfiguration Sunday this week, so here’s my children’s sermon on Luke 9:28-36. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) The lectionary makes the next section of the chapter an optional extended version of the reading. I’m opting not to include it. Since it’s Transfiguration Sunday, the first part is crucial. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 6:27-38
Christ with Martha and Mary, by Henryk Siemiradzki (public domain) Here’s my children’s sermon on Luke 6:27-38 for the Seventh Sunday after Epiphany. (You can see my regular “Monday Meditation” on this text here.) It’s a chunk of “the Sermon on the Plain,” more famously known in Matthew’s version as “the Sermon on the Mount.” […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 6:17-26 — The Beatitudes
As we come to the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 6:17-26. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) This passage lives in the shadow of the more famous version in Matthew’s Gospel. Luke’s emphasis is subtly different even with the Beatitudes as a […]
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