Preface for Parents and Pastors Here’s a children’s sermon on Mark 16:1-8. That’s the Gospel text assigned by the lectionary for Easter Sunday (or the Easter Vigil) in Year B. So why am I sending this out just before the third Sunday of Easter? Because I didn’t get it written in time. Between a looming […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 20:1-18 — Easter
Here’s a children’s sermon on John 20:1-18. It’s one of two options for the Gospel reading Easter morning in Years AB and C of the Revised Common Lectionary — though you can use it any time it fits the need of your worship service. Or read it to the kids as a bedtime story. Then […]
The Myrrh-Bearing Women — Mark 16:1-8
The Myrrh-Bearing Women And so we come to Easter! In Year B the text is Mark 16:1-8, which is the story of what Orthodoxy remembers as “The Myrrh-bearing women.” (There is also an Easter text from John this year, but I’m opting to stick with Mark.) I’m writing and posting this early in Holy Week. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 — Easter
This particular sermon is written with two particular bits of cultural context in the background. It is for Easter, so you might think a children’s sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 would be easy picking. However… 1. Our culture, both the Protestant and Catholic sides of Western Christianity, doesn’t really have a good grasp on the importance […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter Sunday, Matthew 28:1-10
Sunday is Easter for those of us in the Western form of Christianity. My Orthodox friends have to wait a week longer. I pray for you that the day is full of joy. And I pray that it is full of hope. These are the great gifts of Easter: joy and hope. As I’ve noted […]