Preface for Pastors and Parents A Children’s sermon on Luke 20:27-38 has to make some odd or obscure things plain. It also has to avoid getting into background details that are complicated enough to make kids eyes glaze over. I could get stuck in the weeds if I tried to explain “Levirate marriage.” That’s the […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 19:1-10 — Zacchaeus
Preface for Pastors and Parents Writing a children’s sermon on Luke 19:1-10 brings back a very particular memory. Back in seminary, in my very first (actually my only) preaching class this was the text everyone had to use for their very first sermon. He must have gotten so tired of hearing our brilliant insights into […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 7:1-10
Preface for Pastors and Parents This is my children’s sermon on Luke 7:1-10. The lectionary has it as the Gospel reading for “Proper 4(9),” which is one of those Sundays that doesn’t always happen. Oh sure, we have 52 Sundays each year, but the lectionary has some extras that sometimes get cut off when Easter […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 14:13-21 — The Feeding of the 5000
Preface for Pastors and Parents I get all excited when I think about writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 14:13-21. “The Feeding of the Five Thousand” is a story I dearly love. So since I already have a children’s sermon on this coming Sunday’s Gospel, I’m working ahead: This one will come up next summer […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 17:11-19
Preface for Pastors and Parents This is my children’s sermon on Luke 17:11-19, which is the Gospel reading for “Proper 23(28)” in Year C of the lectionary. It is a story that is at once simple and mysterious; plain and enigmatic. Ten people with leprosy approach Jesus. Jesus tells them to present themselves to the […]
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