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A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:68-79 — The Song of Zechariah

February 7, 2025 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on Luke 1:67-79

Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Luke 1:68-79 would be great in Advent if you are not following the lectionary. The lectionary does use the Song of Zechariah, both on the 2ⁿᵈ Sunday of Advent and on “Reign of Christ” Sunday (also known as “Christ the King”) at the very end of […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Advent 2, Children's Sermons, Christ the King, Proper 29(34), RCL Year C, Reign of Christ

A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:46-55 — The Magnificat

January 24, 2025 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on Luke 1:46-55

Preface for Pastors & Parents This is a children’s sermon on Luke 1:46-55, “The Song of Mary,” also known as the “Magnificat” from the Latin of its first word. No, as I write, this text is not coming up in the lectionary for this Sunday.  It’s never the regular Sunday Gospel, but it does come […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Ministry Tagged With: Advent 3, Advent 4, Children's Sermons, Magnificat, The Visitation

My Advent Class on Classic Lectio Divina is BACK!

November 22, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

classic lectio divina

After a two year hiatus I’m once again offering my online class on classic lectio divina for Advent. Woot! Advent Advent is the four week long ramp up to Christmas. The Church, long long ago, had the insight that we shouldn’t just jump into our celebration of the birth of Jesus, God in the Flesh. […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Prayer

A Children’s Sermon on John 3:14-21

November 21, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

children's sermon on John 3:14-21

The Pharos of Alexandria (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Preface for Pastors (and Parents) A children’s sermon on John 3:14-21 has to cover a few different bases. Ether that, or it needs to just ignore the days in the Church year that this passage comes up in the lectionary. It comes up a lot, in […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Holy Cross, John 3:16, Lent 2, Lent 4, RCL Years ABC, Trinity Sunday

Interview with Brian Plachta, Spiritual Director and Author of Finding Flow

November 15, 2024 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Brian Plachta, author of Finding Flow

Brian Plachta, author of Finding Flow Gary Neal Hansen: Brian, I think my readers will be very interested in what you are currently working on, as well as your previous book, Finding Flow. thank you so much for agreeing to let me interview you. If someone looked at both parts of your vocational life they might […]

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