Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus is fascinating, but what is the best way to introduce it in a children’s sermon? My first inclination with a Gospel text is to tell the story. But this scene has very little narrative action: Nicodemus and Jesus just sit there and talk. A conversation can have its own flow and […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 2, John 3:1-17
I wrote on this passage two years ago, when it came up as the Gospel for Trinity Sunday in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary. I’m writing today without reference to that post — but you might want to check it out. John 3:1-17 The text, John 3:1-17, is the bulk of the story […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, Trinity Sunday, John 3:1-17
(This week’s Monday Meditation is coming out on Tuesday. But I really did write it on Monday. No kidding.) I love the story of Nicodemus (John 3:1-17), though it is very hard to read it with fresh eyes. Two verses have their own enormous cultural gravity, pulling the rest of the story in like black […]