The discussion of John the Baptist as “not the light” but rather “a witness to testify to the light” is missing its context. In year B, the Gospel for the third Sunday of Advent is John 1:6-8 and 19-28, the parts of Gospel’s prologue about John the Baptist, and leaving out the parts directly about […]
The Zoom Christmas Pageant!
Okay, it’s December. It’s Advent. Christmas is coming. But it’s also a pandemic, and church is back to being online, not in person. How are we going to have a Christmas pageant? It’s time for the Zoom Christmas Pageant! The Zoom Christmas Pageant! A few years back I wrote a Christmas play. Better to say […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Trinity, Matthew 28:16-20
The Sunday after Pentecost is called “Trinity Sunday” in the West. If you frequent Orthodox churches you will know that pretty much every Sunday (really every single service in the year) is about the Holy Trinity. In the West we tend to need the annual reminder of the nature of the God we worship — […]
Pentecost: A Children’s Sermon on Acts 2:1-21
Here’s a children’s sermon on Acts 2:1-21, the key text in all three years of the lectionary. The story of the first Christian Pentecost is full of evocative details, just waiting for a storyteller to draw them out. If you want the children to hear only what is explicitly on the page, better than a Children’s […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Pentecost, John 7:37-39
On the day of Pentecost in Year A, the alternate Gospel reading is John 7:37-39. John 7:37-39 I’ve previously written on the primary Gospel reading for the day, John 20:19-23, when it was paired with the story of Jesus’ kind revelation to “doubting Thomas” (once in 2020, and once in 2019). This year, Pentecost happens […]
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