Dear ______: Thanks for your note. Yes, I do often say things like When you are done preparing your children’s sermon, look at what you have written.” Actually I was wondering when you would notice. I’m not entirely surprised that you objected. Why should I write out my children’s sermon?” you ask. “The kids are […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, John 6:35, 41-51
This week’s lectionary Gospel text (John 6:35, 41-51) starts with the same verse we ended with last week. Then, oddly, it skips four verses before continuing the story. It is the middle week of a five-week-long revel in John 6, as Jesus discusses, debates, and disputes about manna from heaven and himself as the “Bread […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: The Children’s Sermon — Is it THIS text?
Dear ______: You make a good observation when you say “Half the battle is done if the point you make to the kids is rooted in a biblical text.” But at the risk of mixing my metaphors, any preacher who stops because half the battle is done will preach a sermon that is only half-baked. […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, John John 6:24–35
This Sunday’s Gospel in the Revised Common Lectionary (Joh 6:24–35) continues where we left off in John. Well, actually it skips a couple verses, but then it continues the story. John 6:24–35 Much like in Mark, the crowd figured out where Jesus’ disciples were going and headed to the same place. They were full of […]
Saints You’ve Probably Never Heard of: Greatmartyr Marina
Last week I made up a title for a post (a riff on a made up Jeopardy category) and a couple of readers said they were looking forward to more in the series. Series? What series? Well here we go then. Saints You’ve Never Heard of for 200, Alex “Greatmartyr Marina” came up in the […]
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