This children’s sermon on Luke 24:13-35 is a bit long, to be quite honest. But the story of Cleophas and the unnamed disciple meeting Jesus on the road to Emmaus, and again at table in the breaking of the bread, is so lovely I wanted to tell it all. And I suspect that if a […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter 3, Luke 24:13-35
Luke 24:13-35 I love this Sunday’s Gospel text. To me, among all the resurrection appearances in the Gospels, Luke 24:13-35 evokes something of the way you and I still encounter the risen Christ. (By the way, you can see my children’s sermon on this text through this link.) Two disciples on a walk to Emmaus, […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter 2, John 20:19-31
In all three years of the Revised Common Lectionary, on the 2nd Sunday of Easter the Gospel text is the same: John 20:19-31. You can catch my thoughts from this time last year through this link. Today’s situation is different (oh my, how different…) and so I’m sharing new thoughts. Similar, really, but current. John […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 — Easter
This particular sermon is written with two particular bits of cultural context in the background. It is for Easter, so you might think a children’s sermon on Matthew 28:1-10 would be easy picking. However… 1. Our culture, both the Protestant and Catholic sides of Western Christianity, doesn’t really have a good grasp on the importance […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Easter Sunday, Matthew 28:1-10
Sunday is Easter for those of us in the Western form of Christianity. My Orthodox friends have to wait a week longer. I pray for you that the day is full of joy. And I pray that it is full of hope. These are the great gifts of Easter: joy and hope. As I’ve noted […]
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