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 […]
My Advent Class on Classic Lectio Divina is BACK!
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. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 14:17-25 — World Communion Sunday
Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Mark 14:17-25 is another “bonus” — that is, it goes beyond my primary goal of writing a children’s sermon for every Gospel reading assigned in the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m sending it out just now because, as I write, this Sunday is “World Communion Sunday.” Many […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 14:3-9 — The Anointing at Bethany
Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Mark 14:3-9 is sort of a bonus. My main plan is to do children’s sermons on all the Gospel texts assigned in the Revised Common Lectionary. This text is part of the grand sweeping Passion story assigned for the beginning of Holy Week — Mark 14:1-15:47. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 14:1-15:47 — The Passion
Preface for Pastors and Parents The last two times we’ve been through Year B of the lectionary I’ve hesitated to write a children’s sermon on Mark 14:1-15:47. That’s the entire passion story which is assigned as the Gospel reading on what most of us think of as “Palm Sunday.” (I’m writing this in a week […]
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