Dear ______: Okay, I promised some input on the actual contents of your children’s sermons. I hope you don’t mind the extended rant about problems to avoid, but your actions are as much a witness to Christ (or, God forbid, a witness against him) as your words. That counts when preaching to grown-ups as well […]
Letters to a Young Pastor: The Children’s Sermon — This Is Not A Test
Dear ____: Yes, you are right: it is hard not to aim for a laugh during the children’s sermon — or to enjoy it big time when it happens. As you note, it may be the inevitable result of asking children questions up front. You don’t know what they’ll say. Though it is rarely publicly […]
Yes, Children, There Is a Santa Claus. Really.
When I was a pastor, one Sunday in Advent I called the kids forward for the children’s sermon. I told my three-to-seven-year-old congregation Today I’m going to tell you the truth about Santa Claus. Usually the kids were pretty wriggly. This time the parents were squirming. Here is what I told them. Long, long ago, […]
Guest Post on Patheos, “A Test Case in Passing on the Faith: The Children’s Sermon”
I have a new blog post in the Patheos Symposium on “Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation.” I hope you’ll click through and see it. Better still it would be fantastic if you left a comment over there so it could gather some interest. My piece is “A Test Case in Passing on […]
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