Doing a children’s sermon on the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12) is challenging because Jesus makes so many different points — nine of them! I think one good way around the problem is to take just two of the beatitudes and talk about them in ways that they relate to a child’s world. I’d love to hear […]
Monday Meditation: RCL Year A, Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Matthew 5:1-12
Last week’s lectionary Gospel showed us Jesus calling his first disciples. This week we jump ahead a few verses to the Sermon on the Mount. What did we skip over? A quick summary of Jesus’ ministry in and around Galilee: he did a lot of healing and he became enormously popular. No surprise at the […]