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A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 10:40-42

June 26, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

a children's sermon on Matthew 10:40-42

Writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 10:40-42 (which comes up the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost in “Year A” of the Revised Common Lectionary) is kind of challenging.  First, the text is really short. Just three verses! Second, it has no narrative action. Stories are far easier than non-narrative texts as a base for a children’s […]

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Matthew 10:40-42 — A Monday Meditation — RCL Year A, Proper 8 (13)

June 25, 2020 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Matthew 10:40-42

On the 4th Sunday after Pentecost, in Year A of the lectionary, we finish our three-week journey through the chapter with Matthew 10:40-42. It started out with Jesus preparing his disciples for a mission trip. His lessons morphed into warnings of much later persecutions. And now we get this tiny reading which is ostensibly the […]

Filed Under: Bible, Monday Meditation Tagged With: 4th Sunday after Pentecost, Matthew 10:40-42, Proper 8(13), RCL Year A

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