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 […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 24:44-53 — The Ascension
Preface for Parents and Pastors This children’s sermon on Luke 24:44-53 is for the celebration of the day of Christ’s Ascension. The official day is the Thursday before the seventh Sunday of Easter — that’s 40 days after Easter, when the Gospels date the event. But I ask you, how many congregations have a special […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 16:1-8
Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 16:1-8. That’s the Gospel text assigned by the lectionary for Easter Sunday (or the Easter Vigil) in Year B. So why am I sending this out just before the third Sunday of Easter? Because I didn’t get it written in time. Between a looming […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 11:1-11 — Palm Sunday
Preface for Pastors and Parents For Palm Sunday in Year B, I bring you a children’s sermon on Mark 11:1-11. That’s one of four options offered to churches in the Revised Common Lectionary, as I detailed in my Monday Meditation on this passage back in 2021. I always prefer focusing on Palm Sunday, rather than […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 2:13-22 — Lent 3
Preface for Pastors and Parents For the third Sunday of Lent I bring you a children’s sermon on John 2:13-22. As I noted in my Monday meditation on this text, I think its odd for the lectionary to jump to John for the story of Jesus cleansing the temple. Year B is focused on Mark, and […]
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