On the 7th and last Sunday of Easter season each year, the Revised Common Lectionary appoints a portion of John 17. It’s a little strange to me when the Gospel readings in Easter are on passages prior to the resurrection, but so it goes. My task this year is to write a children’s sermon on […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 15:9-17
Writing a children’s sermon on John 15:9-17 is challenging in a familiar way. The text is part of a longer speech, and has no real narrative to it. (It’s the lectionary Gospel for the 6th Sunday of Easter, year B. I wrote a meditation on it here and I wrote on this week’s epistle reading […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 10:11-18 — The Good Shepherd
The challenge of writing a children’s sermon on John 10:11-18 is that there is so much going on in such a tiny space. That’s the Gospel reading for the 4th Sunday in Easter for Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. You’ll see what I mean about the number of things packed in here if […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 24:36-48
Preface for Parents and Pastors I’m back with a children’s sermon on Luke 24:36-48, for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. A year ago I was writing a children’s sermon each week here on the old blog, supplementing my “Monday Meditation” on the week’s lectionary Gospel. Well, what with pandemic malaise and a few other issues […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 14:22-33
There are at least three options when creating a children’s sermon on Matthew 14:22-33. When I saw the text I thought I’d be writing about walking on water. I’ve had great fun with that as a bedtime story for my kids. I’ll do it as a children’s sermon sometime. But right now, in the midst […]
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