Preface for Pastors and Parents I’m so glad I get to bring you a children’s sermon on Luke 11:1-13! It’s Luke’s version of Jesus teaching his disciples “The Lord’s Prayer.“ (It’s the Gospel reading for Proper 12(17) in Year C of the lectionary, and you can find my Monday Meditation on the passage here.) Matthew […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 6:1-21
When I set out to write a children’s sermon on John 6:1-21, the first thing I have to do is get over myself. If you haven’t picked it up from reading my children’s sermons, and the meditations on the Gospel texts from the last three years, I often think the lectionary is kind of odd. […]
A Children’s Sermon on the Parable of the Yeast
While one can make a coherent sermon for grown-ups on Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52, a children’s sermon is a different thing. The passage has five short parables, each telling us something different about what the kingdom of heaven is like. I decided to choose one, and make it a children’s sermon on the parable of the […]