Preface for Pastors & Parents This is a children’s sermon on Luke 1:46-55, “The Song of Mary,” also known as the “Magnificat” from the Latin of its first word. No, as I write, this text is not coming up in the lectionary for this Sunday. It’s never the regular Sunday Gospel, but it does come […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:26-38 — The Annunciation
Preface for Pastors and Parents As I write, it is two days from the annual celebration of “The Annunciation,” so I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 1:26-38. (It’s also the text for Advent 4 in Year B. Should be easy to adapt it a smidge for Advent.) “The what?” you ask. “What’s an […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 1:18-25 — Advent 4
Writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 1:18-25 is challenging in a different way than usual. The challenge? This text is such a simple, straightforward story that it seems like we should just read it to the kids and ask some wondering questions. But no. You want a children’s sermon on Matthew 1:18-25, and you shall […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 1:39-57–Mary and Elizabeth
Here you go: a children’s sermon on Luke 1:39-57 for the 4th Sunday of Advent. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here. One of my better efforts, actually, so check it out.) The lectionary has just the initial encounter of Mary with Elizabeth as the text for Sunday. Mary’s song is […]
The Annunciation — Luke 1:26-38 on Advent 4
On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary gives us Luke 1:26-38. It is the story of “the Annunciation,” nine months before Christmas. But we are in December, chronologically only a week-and-a-half before Mary will give birth. It’s all good. Advent is an excellent time to think about the promise […]