Preface for Pastors and Parents Here is my children’s sermon on John 14:23-29. This is one of two Gospel readings in the lectionary for the 6th Sunday of Easter in Year C, but the other will wait for another time. John 14 gets used in various pieces at various times. And since John is never […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 13:31-35 — A New Commandment
Preface for Pastors and Parents Here’s a children’s sermon on John 13:31-35. It’s part of the passage that recounts the events of Maundy Thursday, so you might use it then. But it’s also the text assigned for the 5th Sunday of Easter in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary. I think it is both […]
Vocabulary Lesson: “Maundy Thursday”
Today is the day in the Church year that wins the prize for the most peculiar name. Generation by generation, we ask, “What on earth is a ‘maundy’?” If you were too embarrassed to ask, I’ll tell you: It is from a Latin word meaning “commandment.” It is like our English word “mandate.” This is […]