Preface for Pastors and Parents Here is a brand new children’s sermon on John 1:43-51. Three years ago I published a children’s sermon for what is, as I write, this Sunday’s lectionary Gospel reading. (You can find it here.) Actually I did children’s sermons on a lot of texts for this part of the Church […]
New Children’s Sermon on John 1:29-42
I sat down to write a children’s sermon on John 1:29-42, and there it was: I’d already posted one, three years ago. Looks like I’ve been at this for about one cycle through the ol’ lectionary. (You can find my earlier version here. You can find my Monday Meditation on this text here. At a […]
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 John 1:29-42
Last week I included a little children’s sermon as part of my Monday Meditation. One reader suggested I do more of these, and maybe post them separately. So here you go with one for this Sunday on John 1:29-42! If people like the idea I’ll do more, so let me know. By the way, you […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Second Sunday after the Epiphany, John 1:29-42
On the Sunday after we celebrated “The Baptism of the Lord,” the lectionary gives us… the baptism of the Lord. Sort of. More precisely, we have John the Baptist recognizing Jesus as “the Lamb of God.” Plus other stuff. It’s all cool, and very different from the same material in the other Gospels. (And if […]