Preface for Pastors and Parents The last two times we’ve been through Year B of the lectionary I’ve hesitated to write a children’s sermon on Mark 14:1-15:47. That’s the entire passion story which is assigned as the Gospel reading on what most of us think of as “Palm Sunday.” (I’m writing this in a week […]
Vocabulary Lesson: “Maundy Thursday”
Today is the day in the Church year that wins the prize for the most peculiar name. Generation by generation, we ask, “What on earth is a ‘maundy’?” If you were too embarrassed to ask, I’ll tell you: It is from a Latin word meaning “commandment.” It is like our English word “mandate.” This is […]