When I set out to write a children’s sermon on John 6:1-21, the first thing I have to do is get over myself. If you haven’t picked it up from reading my children’s sermons, and the meditations on the Gospel texts from the last three years, I often think the lectionary is kind of odd. […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56
It’s kind of funny writing a children’s sermon on Mark 6:30-34, 53-56. It’s as if the lectionary gave us a sandwich with nothing but the bread. A couple weeks ago I referred to “sandwich stories” where Mark cuts one story in two and sticks another in the middle like the tuna fish between the slices […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 6:14-29–Grown-Ups Behaving Badly
Think of this children’s sermon on Mark 6:14-29 as kind of experimental. Pretend even. It is a text I’d more likely avoid, rejoicing that the lectionary also provides Old Testament and Epistle readings. (You can read my Monday Meditation on this text here.) But here on my blog I’m happy to see what I can […]
Mission Trip–A Children’s Sermon on Mark 6:1-13
This week: a children’s sermon on Mark 6:1-13 — Jesus’ friends go on their first mission trip. Actually it’s just on the last half of the passage. The lectionary selection has two separate but related stories: First Jesus has a frustrating day in ministry. (6:1-6a) Then Jesus sends his friends out on their first mission trip. (6:6b-13) […]
A Children’s Sermon on Mark 5:21-43
I think the best strategy for a children’s sermon on Mark 5:21-43 is to focus on the child in the story. The passage (as I said when I wrote a meditation on it) is a “sandwich” story: There’s one story on the outside with a second story in the middle.. The outside story, the bread […]
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