Every biblical text presents its own challenges, but writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 10:24-39 brings some of the ones I find hardest. But that’s the Gospel for lectionary Year A, “Proper 7(12)”. In Matthew this is part of Jesus’ instructions to the Apostles before they head out on a mission trip. Actually it is more […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 4:35-41
Writing a Children’s Sermon on Mark 4:35-41 is only hard because there is too much great stuff in the story. I want to talk about all of it, but I know that won’t work with kids. (A while back I wrote a longer meditation on the passage, which let me consider more details. You can […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year C, 2nd Sunday after Pentecost/Proper 7(12), Luke 8:26-39
In the Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost in Year C we are back in the middle of Luke’s Gospel. Luke 8:26-39 is the story of the man who was possessed by a legion of demons — demons who ended up possessing a legion of pigs. It is a rich story, but a […]
