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 […]

Preface for Pastors and Parents A children’s sermon on Luke 17:5-10 could go at least three ways, since there are two separate bits of teaching.  It could focus on the short saying at the beginning about the power of faith “the size of a mustard seed.” Tempting, just because the saying is so tantalizing. Who […]

Preface for Pastors and Parents Here’s my children’s sermon on Luke 10:1-15. That’s the Gospel reading assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for the 14th Sunday after Pentecost, aka Proper 19(24) in Year C. The story contains two lovely parables. I was tempted to go my usual route, which would be to focus entirely on […]

Preface for Pastors and Parents This children’s sermon on Luke 12:32-40 is a partner to the one I wrote last week on Luke 12:13-21. In the lectionary cycle of Gospel readings, these texts appear on two successive Sundays. The lectionary just sort of skips over Luke 12:22-31, the charming passage about how we should not […]

Preface for Pastors and Parents A children’s sermon on Luke 12:13-21 is more challenging than usual. It’s the Gospel assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for “Proper 13(18) in Year C. I wrote a “Monday Meditation” on it a while back but this is the first time I’ve done a children’s sermon on it. It […]