The Pharos of Alexandria (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Preface for Pastors (and Parents) A children’s sermon on John 3:14-21 has to cover a few different bases. Ether that, or it needs to just ignore the days in the Church year that this passage comes up in the lectionary. It comes up a lot, in […]
A New Children’s Sermon on Mark 8:27-38 — Saving Your Soul?
Preface for Pastors and Parents This is a new children’s sermon on Mark 8:27-38. I did one before. (You can find it here) That seems possibly appropriate, since in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary most of this text (verses 31-38) comes up twice: first on the 2nd Sunday of Lent, and then, in […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 13:31-35
For the second Sunday in Lent, I bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 13:31-35. (You can find my regular Monday Meditation on this text here.) The passage has two distinct sections. They do tie together as one scene, but they have different subjects, different literary styles, and very different emotional tones. The first is passion […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 8:27-38 — Being Mad and Still Loving
Scream and Shout (cc by Mindaugas Danys 2.0) I found it more than usually challenging to find a good place to dig in for a children’s sermon on Mark 8:27-38. That’s the lectionary Gospel for Proper 19(24) in Year B, and you can find my regular meditation on it here. (By the way, Mark 8:31-38 […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 3:1-17
Jesus’ conversation with Nicodemus is fascinating, but what is the best way to introduce it in a children’s sermon? (I’ve written grown-up meditations on this text a couple of times. One is here for Trinity of Year B, and one is here for Lent 2 of Year A.) My first inclination with a Gospel text […]