Preface for Pastors and Parents I get all excited when I think about writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 14:13-21. “The Feeding of the Five Thousand” is a story I dearly love. So since I already have a children’s sermon on this coming Sunday’s Gospel, I’m working ahead: This one will come up next summer […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 12:13-21
Preface for Pastors and Parents A children’s sermon on Luke 12:13-21 is more challenging than usual. It’s the Gospel assigned by the Revised Common Lectionary for “Proper 13(18) in Year C. I wrote a “Monday Meditation” on it a while back but this is the first time I’ve done a children’s sermon on it. It […]
A Children’s Sermon on John 6:24-35 — Questions and Answers
My children’s sermon on John 6:24-35 is the second in a series. The lectionary spends five weeks in John chapter 6, where Jesus does things and says things about bread. Some of it is material bread. Some of it is metaphorical bread. But it’s all bread, all the time. (I have a regular meditation on […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 8th Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 13(18), Luke 12:13-21
This Sunday’s lectionary Gospel (Luke 12:13-21) is mostly on one important theme: the question of where and how one should invest. No, it isn’t going to give you clarity about what to tell Charles Schwab what to do with your savings. It might make you question the value of monetary investments — though that isn’t […]