The big challenge to bringing you a children’s sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 is finding a way to make it really kid friendly. In part this is just me grousing, or having a momentary failure of imagination. But like anyone who writes, I have times when I know what I have to write but I find […]
A Children’s Sermon on Luke 16:1-13
CC by Daniel X O’Niel 2.0 Writing a children’s sermon on Luke 16:1-13 ought to be easy, right? I mean, it’s a parable. Jesus tells a story. I love the parables! But then I look and see what kind of parable it is. Parables almost always contain some twists once you dig in to them. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 9:30-37
Jesus Blessing Little Children (Public Domain) (And kinda hokey) This week I’m writing a children’s sermon on Mark 9:30-37. That’s the Gospel assigned for “Proper 20 (25)” in “Year B” of the Revised Common Lectionary. (You can find my regular meditation on the same text here.) It’s a pretty straightforward story to work with. Yeah, you’ve […]