Preface for Parents and Pastors Here is my children’s sermon on Mark 4:26-34, just in time for “Proper 6(11)” of year B. That’s the fourth Sunday after Pentecost this year. It a kind of passage in Mark that I really love: Parables. I think it’s fair to say that Jesus loved them too: Mark tells […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 3:20-35
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 3:20-35, the Gospel assigned by the lectionary for “Proper 5(10).” This year that is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost. (By the way, I always call these “children’s sermons,” but by clipping off the first paragraph or so they can magically become “bedtime stories.” If […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 2:23-3:6
Preface for Parents and Pastors This children’s sermon on Mark 2:23-3:6 is for the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday after Pentecost. This year that’s “Proper 4 (9).” This would have been the Gospel for the 9ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany, by that time we were already in Lent. Pity the poor texts of Proper 1(6) , Proper 2(7), and […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 2:1-12 — The Healing of the Paralytic
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 2:1-12. It was the Gospel lesson assigned for the 7th Sunday after Epiphany. This year, however, Easter came pretty early. By the 7th Sunday after Epiphany we were already in Lent. So I’m filling in for future years. (If you’re stopping by the week […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 1:40-45
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 1:40-45. It is actually the text assigned in the lectionary for the 6ᵗʰ Sunday after Epiphany. This year Easter came on the early side, so on Epiphany 6 we were already celebrating the Transfiguration. As I write, the coming Sunday is Pentecost. Since I’ve […]
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