Preface for Pastors and Parents I’m continuing to flesh out the story of the passion with this children’s sermon on John 19:1-16. I want you to have resources for Holy Week, whether you’re serving a church or reading to your kids. But I’m also prompted by a special request from friends at Lakeview Mennonite Church, […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 18:12-27 — Jesus and the High Priest
This children’s sermon on John 18:12-27 is another special one for my friends at Lakeview Mennonite Church. It is part of the long passion reading assigned for Good Friday in the Revised Common Lectionary. So you might use it then if your Good Friday service has room for a children’s sermon. Or your Sunday School […]
Good Friday: Mystery and Paradox
Last year I posted on the meaning of “Good” in “Good Friday.” Today my thoughts go more to the stunned awe that the Cross of Christ inspires. My love for Jesus always makes a reading of the Passion painful, especially read aloud in worship, and most especially if I am the one doing the reading. […]
Vocabulary Lesson: And Why Do We Call it “Good Friday”?
For a lot of people Good Friday brings one question to mind: Why ‘Good’? If I love Jesus and want to follow him, how can I say that the day he died was ‘Good’? It sounds like I should be jumping with joy. I can’t read the Gospel accounts without tears. English speakers have called […]