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A Children’s Sermon on Mark 8:27-38 — Being Mad and Still Loving

September 7, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen 16 Comments

children's sermon on Mark 8:27-38

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 […]

Filed Under: Bible, Ministry Tagged With: Children's Sermons, Lent 2, Mark 8:27-38, Proper 19(24), RCL Year B

Monday Meditation: RCL Year B, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Mark 8:27-38

September 11, 2018 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

Mark 8:27-38

Most of this Sunday’s lectionary Gospel is making its second appearance this year: The 2nd Sunday of Lent gave us Mark 8:31-38 The 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time has Mark 8:27-38. (Mark 8:1-26 is left out in the cold, alas. I consider this an enormous loss. I’ll have to write on it some day — […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Monday Meditation Tagged With: Jesus rebukes Peter, Mark 8:27-38, Peter rebukes Jesus, Peter's confession

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