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A Children’s Sermon on Luke 5:1-11 — Out into the Deep

February 5, 2022 by Gary Neal Hansen 6 Comments

children's sermon on Luke 5:1-11

Miraculous Catch of Fish — James Tissot (public domain) Here’s a children’s sermon on Luke 5:1-11 for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany. I’ve written on it before. (You can find my regular Monday meditation on it here). But today it takes me by surprise. I’m so used to the way Matthew, Mark and John show […]

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A Children’s Sermon: Matthew 5:13-20

February 6, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Matthew 5:13-20

Matthew 5:13-20 Though Matthew 5:13-20 is one Gospel reading in the lectionary, the passage is actually three distinct units. For a children’s sermon I think it is wisest to just pick one. When telling a Bible story to children, I like to imagine the conversations that might have led to the little scene included in […]

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Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 5:13-20

February 6, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen 4 Comments

Matthew 5:13-20

Matthew 5:13-20 The Gospel assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for the 5th Sunday after Epiphany is Matthew 5:13-20. As often happens when one takes a chunk of the Sermon on the Mount, it is not really one text. There are three distinct units here. The first two (on being salt and being light) go […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Light of the world, Matthew 5:13-20, RCL Year A, Salt of the earth

Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 5:1-11

February 4, 2019 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Luke 5:1-11

On the 5th Sunday after Epiphany, the lectionary skips forward to a new chapter. Maybe they were aiming to keep Jesus from a tiny bit of embarrassment: Luke 4:31-44 recorded the wonders Jesus did in Capernaum, which back in 4:23 he seemed to say were already in the past. Luke 5:1-11 records the calling of […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 5th Sunday after Epiphany, Luke 1:1-11, RCL Year C, The Miraculous Draught of Fish

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