Here comes my children’s sermon on Luke 4:21-30. We pick up with the last verse from last week’s Gospel reading. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) As I noted a week ago, this odd division by the lectioneers (is that what you call people who make a lectionary?) gives us […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 4:14-21
For the third Sunday after Epiphany, I offer you a children’s sermon on Luke 4:14-21. (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) The Revised Common Lectionary seems to be continuing in the theme of the Epiphany, with this gospel reading giving us another take on the beginning of Jesus’ public ministry: […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 2:1-11–The Wedding at Cana
For the Second Sunday after Epiphany, so I bring you a children’s sermon on John 2:1-11. It’s “the wedding at Cana.” (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) I really love this text. I often use it when teaching groups St. Ignatius of Loyola’s “Prayer of the Senses.” (You can find […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 3:15-17 21-22 — The Baptism of Jesus
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 […]
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