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A Children’s Sermon on John 6:1-21

July 19, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 20 Comments

children's sermon on 6:1-21

When I set out to write a children’s sermon on John 6:1-21, the first thing I have to do is get over myself.  If you haven’t picked it up from reading my children’s sermons, and the meditations on the Gospel texts from the last three years, I often think the lectionary is kind of odd.  […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, John 6:1-21, Proper 12(17), RCL Year B

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, John 6:1-21

July 24, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

John 6:1-21

This Sunday we are back in John. The Lectionary gives us John’s version (John 6:1-21) of the bits of Mark they edited out last week (Mark 6:35-52). John 6:1-21 The same basic material is here: Jesus & Co. have sailed across the sea. People on land rushed to where Jesus was going and got there […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feeding the 5000, I am, John 6:1-21, Revised Common Lectionary, Walking on Water

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