In writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 21:1-11 — Palm Sunday — I try to emphasize both what is unique to Matthew’s version and what kids can connect with. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text through this link.) If you are a regular reader of my children’s sermons you will have […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 6 (Palm Sunday), Matthew 21:1-11
This Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week. Amazing, and disorienting in the season of the pandemic, when I’ve been unable to participate in public worship services through most of Lent. My lenten journey has been mostly quiet, private, and inward. The fact that you, dear reader, join me in these blog posts is a […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 5, John 11:1-45
We’re all cooped up in our homes, loving our neighbors by keeping six feet away and not gathering with anybody we don’t live with. But whether our churches are streaming their services (in otherwise empty sanctuaries) or whether our congregations are simply not meeting for the next while, we need to draw near to God, […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 4, John 9:1-41
This year, the lectionary Gospels for Lent 2 through 5 tell of amazing encounters with Jesus from the Gospel of John — and each one is longer than the last. First Nicodemus, then the woman at the well, now the man born blind. These stories are rich, and also convoluted. They are tough to grasp […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 1, Matthew 4:1-11
On the first Sunday in Lent, the Revised Common Lectionary always turns us toward the temptation of Christ. This year, “Year A” Matthew 4:1-11 tells the story in detail, as does Luke 4:1-13 (Year C), while Mark 1:9-15 (Year B) mentions it only in passing. (If you’d like to see my children’s sermon on this […]
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