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 […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, John 6:1-21
This Sunday we are back in John. The Lectionary gives us John’s version (John 6:1-21) of the bits of Mark they edited out last week (Mark 6:35-52). John 6:1-21 The same basic material is here: Jesus & Co. have sailed across the sea. People on land rushed to where Jesus was going and got there […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: The Children’s Sermon — Is it Yours?
Dear ______: My goodness, with the kids being out of school for summer the time gets swept away. Sorry to have not written for so long. You are kind to ask if there are other criteria for making sure your children’s sermon is on track. I mentioned checking what you prepare to make sure it […]
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