The story of the healing of the man born blind is another very long one. That adds to the challenge of basing a children’s sermon on John 9:1-41. It isn’t that the content is complex or obscure. It s just that the one story has about six different scenes. With a Gospel text, I often […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Lent 4, John 9:1-41
This year, the lectionary Gospels for Lent 2 through 5 tell of amazing encounters with Jesus from the Gospel of John — and each one is longer than the last. First Nicodemus, then the woman at the well, now the man born blind. These stories are rich, and also convoluted. They are tough to grasp […]