New Children's Sermon! Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Game (CC by Laurie Shaull-SA 4.0) Hello my friend! I was traveling to Gettysburgh, Pennsylvania last week, speaking to a seminary student group and doing a retreat day for a clergy group. Alas, as a result I didn't get you a children's sermon. But here we are in a brand new week, and I bring you one on Sunday's Gospel text. Matthew 20:1-16 is a fascinating parable about God's generosity -- which in conflict with our sense that some should get...
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
New Children's Sermon! Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots Game (CC by Laurie Shaull-SA 4.0) Hello my friend! Between vacation and other summer things, I ended up taking the month of August off from blogging. Thanks for your patience! Just in time for Sunday I have a new children's sermon for you. There's a link to the older "Monday Meditation" on the same Gospel passage inside the post. It's Matthew 18:15-20, a classic text that has guided the Church for centuries on matters of church discipline....
over 1 year ago • 2 min read
New Children's Sermon! Bread Dough in Baskets, CC by Wald1siedel-SA 4.0 Hello my friend! I was traveling this week, so didn't get a chance to write a new children's sermon. However, I wrote one on a portion of this week's Gospel reading three years ago. I take the tiny little parable of the yeast and expand the story in a way my kids enjoyed when they were little. I hope you enjoy it too. You'll see that my approach has evolved a bit as I grow into this kind of writing. I'm getting ready to...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
New Children's Sermon! Wildflowers of Palestine. Wheat and Tares 1900 (public domain) Hello my friend! My new children's sermon is on the "Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds" or "Wheat and Tares" depending on the translation you use. I love the story, and it's an important one in the history of the Church -- there's a link to the relevant Monday Meditation in the post. This parable is really an important one. It has so much to say about why the world is the way it is. We struggle, so many of...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
New Children's Sermon! The Last Supper, by Tintoretto (public domain) Hello my friend! This week I published a new children's sermon, but it was on a text I missed in Easter Season -- There's already one up on this Sunday's Gospel, and you can find it thought links in this new one.. The new one is John 14:15-25, and of course that means it's from John's fascinating "Upper Room Discourses." I've always loved those chapters, where Jesus gave the Last Supper, washed his disciples' feet, and...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
New Children's Sermon! CC by Kristicak-SA 4.0 Hello my friend! This is my first email newsletter with my new email provider. Woot! It's for this Sunday's Gospel, and as per usual, there is a link within the post to the "Monday Meditation" on the same text from 2020. I told you last week that I was in a play, and it was really a lot of fun. There is something wonderful about live theatre. It points me to things I think are rich and true about the spiritual life. Even if the play is secular...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read
