Here’s my children’s sermon on Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30. As I write, this is the text for next Sunday — “Proper 9(14)” for Year A in the Revised Common Lectionary. The passage is a bit of a hodgepodge, really. Jesus rants a bit about the contrasting styles of himself and John the Baptist, as well as […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 6:24-34 — Consider the Birds
If I write just one children’s sermon on Matthew 6:24-34 it has to be able cover a few different occasions. In Year A of the Revised Common Lectionary that text is called “Proper 3 (8)” meaning it comes up, in two different seasons. It can be on the Eighth Sunday after Epiphany, or shortly after […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 10:24-39
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 Matthew 28:16-20 — The Great Commission
Prelude Here’s a children’s sermon on Matthew 28:16-20. It’s a massively important text — “The Great Commission,” no less. But as I write, it is not the Lectionary Gospel for this coming Sunday. I already posted a children’s sermon for this Sunday’s Gospel, and you can find it here (with a link to the related […]
A Children’s Sermon on Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26 — Proper 5(10)
Writing a children’s sermon on Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26, the text for “Proper 5(10),” which is the 2nd Sunday after Pentecost this year, requires one to make choices. There are really four separate stories here: That fourth story is sort of sandwiched into the middle of the third story, adding another layer of complexity. When I […]
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