I’ve been away from the old blog for a couple weeks, but I’m back with a children’s sermon on Luke 21:5-19. (You can see my regular “Monday Meditation” on this text here.) I always miss writing here when I’m away, but speaking opportunities were beckoning. It is lovely that the world has opened up a bit […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 13:1-8 — The End of the World?
It’s Wednesday night and I’m finally sitting down to write my children’s sermon on Mark 13:1-8. It won’t come out till Friday. Argh! (Here’s a link to my regular Monday Meditation on this text from a while back.) I try to get these out to you on Monday but a full-time intensive online course this […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 10:2-16 — Jesus Loves Children
Somebody is going to accuse me of wimping out in my children’s sermon on Mark 10:2-16. I’m skipping all the hard stuff and dealing only with the easy part. (You can see my regular Monday Meditation on this passage, which is mostly on the divorce stuff, by clicking here.) I’m skipping Jesus’ public conversation with […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 7:24-37 — Loving People Different from You
Writing a children’s sermon on Mark 7:24-37 present both ordinary challenges and unusual ones. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this passage here.) On the ordinary side, a children’s sermon on Mark 7:24-37 has to decide what to do with two separate stories. I’m a firm believer that a children’s sermon needs to […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 7:1-23
Writing a children’s sermon on Mark 7:1-23 (or the shortened version assigned by the lectionary, Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23) presents me with some dilemmas. (You can find my regular meditation on this passage here.) Telling this story to a grown-up, say someone who had never read the Gospels or heard them in church, requires a […]
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