Photo of LOVE statue, NYC (Public Domain) My children’s sermon on Mark 12:28-34 brings us into some strange lectionary territory. “Mark 12?” you ask. “Last week we were on Mark 10! What happened to Mark 11?” That, gentle reader, is exactly my point. We spent four weeks cruising happily through Mark 10, skipping only four […]

Blind People Sign, Belfast (CC by Albert Bridge-SA 2.0) Sitting down to write a children’s sermon on Mark 10:46-52, I have to say it’s just the kind of text I find easiest to work with: a single story that makes a solid central point. It’s kind of a relief after so many twisty-turny texts patched […]

My children’s sermon on Mark 10:35-45 has taken longer than I’d intended. It’s a complicated week.  The good news is that this week’s lectionary Gospel is one coherent story with some funny bits. (You can find my ‘Monday Meditation’ on the same passage here.) At least they are funny to me. You never know with the […]

Red Rover (CC by Max Talbot-Minkin 2.0) Somebody is going to accuse me of wimping out in my children’s sermon on Mark 10:2-16. I’m skipping all the hard stuff and dealing only with the easy part. (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this passage, which is mostly on the divorce stuff, by clicking […]