Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Luke 12:32-40 is a partner to the one I wrote last week on Luke 12:13-21. In the lectionary cycle of Gospel readings, these texts appear on two successive Sundays. The lectionary just sort of skips over Luke 12:22-31, the charming passage about how we should not […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 12:13-21
Preface for Pastors and Parents A children’s sermon on Luke 12:13-21 is more challenging than usual. It’s the Gospel assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for “Proper 13(18) in Year C. I wrote a “Monday Meditation” on it a while back but this is the first time I’ve done a children’s sermon on it. It […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 11:1-13 — The Lord’s Prayer
Preface for Pastors and Parents I’m so glad I get to bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 11:1-13! It’s Luke’s version of Jesus teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer.“ (It’s the Gospel reading for Proper 12(17) in Year C of the lectionary, and you can find my Monday Meditation on the passage here.) Matthew […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 10:38-42 — Mary and Martha
Preface for Pastors and Parents Here, just in time, is my brand new children’s sermon on Luke 10:38-42. As I say in my Monday Meditation on this text from some time back, the main way this passage has been interpreted for many centuries was about different ways of life–very different kinds of discipleship. Martha was […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 10:25-37 — The Good Samaritan
Iraqi Girl Smiles, CC by Christiaan Briggs-SA 3.0 Preface for Pastors. and Parents Perhaps the hardest thing about writing a children’s sermon on Luke 10:25-37, “The Good Samaritan,” is bringing out the inherently political quality of the story. (I’ve written on this text both as a Monday Meditation and in a series on the Heidelberg […]
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