Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on John 13:1-17 may be useful when Maundy Thursday rolls around, or in Year C when it comes up for the 5th Sunday of Easter. However I’m writing now for my friends at the Lakeview Mennonite Church. They needed a children’s sermon on John 13:1-17 for the […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 14:1-14 — “I Am the Way”
“The Way out West,” CC by Mike McBey 2.0 Prelude to the Preacher and the Parent Perhaps the main challenge to writing a children’s sermon on John 14:1-14 is finding a truly child-friendly angle. There are at least three chunks here, each with its own subject matter. They sort of hang together, the way all […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter 5, John 14:1-14
For the fifth Sunday of Easter in “Year A,” the lectionary moves, perhaps inscrutably, to Maundy Thursday. John 14:1-14 This week’s text is John 14:1-14. In the previous chapter, Jesus washed the disciples’ feet and gave them the “new commandment.” In the following chapter, he will tell them that he is the vine and they […]