Preface for Pastors and Parents A Children’s sermon on Luke 20:27-38 has to make some odd or obscure things plain. It also has to avoid getting into background details that are complicated enough to make kids eyes glaze over. I could get stuck in the weeds if I tried to explain “Levirate marriage.” That’s the […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 25:1-13
Preface for Pastors & Parents There are two challenges in writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 25:1-13. First, the parable is inherently metaphorical. Little kids don’t think in metaphors the way grown-ups do. So while the story format of a parable is appealing, there’s a big leap to make: Kids have to go from a […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 12:38-44 — Who’s Watching?
Widow’s Mite As I sit down to write my children’s sermon on Mark 12:38-44, life is a bit of a scramble. So, I’m not wading in with my usual comments on the process or on issues in the text. Maybe you find that a relief. Maybe you’ll miss that stuff. Either way, here we go […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 22nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 27(32), Luke 20:27-38
This Sunday the lectionary Gospel continues our hopping and skipping journey through the later chapters of Luke. It is an interaction between Jesus and the Sadducees. They tell him a story of a woman forced to marry each of seven brothers, one by one. (Hopefully she got to start with the oldest.) I’ve always found […]