This Sunday is “The Baptism of the Lord,” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22. As I wrote in my Monday Meditation on this text a while back, this is the story that the Orthodox celebrate at Epiphany. They call it “Theophany.” This is the key moment that reveals the nature […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 1:1-18
Word Cloud of John 1:1-18 NRSV For the second Sunday after Christmas (in “Year C” of the lectionary) here’s a children’s sermon on John 1:1-18. One sometimes hears the comment that Scripture is like the ocean—more that deep and wide enough for the most accomplished swimmer, but with shallows along the shore for any child […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 2:41-52
For the first Sunday after Christmas (this year the very day after Christmas) I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 2:41-52. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) As texts for children’s sermons go, I think of this as low-hanging fruit. It’s a story It’s about a kid—about Jesus, no less, […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:39-55–Mary and Elizabeth
Here you go: a children’s sermon on Luke 1:39-55 for the 4th Sunday of Advent. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here. One of my better efforts, actually, so check it out.) The lectionary has just the initial encounter of Mary with Elizabeth as the text for Sunday. Mary’s song is […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 3:7-18–Growing Good Fruit
For the 3rd Sunday ol Advent I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 3:7-18. That’s right: in Year C the heretofore backward Advent journey to Bethlehem takes a halting step forward on week three. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text through this link.) Last week we were with John the […]
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