Hagar Children’s Message (Genesis 21:8–21)
A children’s sermon script on Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:8–21) with motions and participation cues.


A children’s sermon script on Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:8–21) with motions and participation cues.

We Are More Than What Is In Front Of Us is a sermonic sending forth for Christmas Day (Year B, Revised Common Lectionary), written for Discipleship Ministries (UMC) as part of “Millennial/Centennial Voices from the Africana Diaspora.” Inspired by Isaiah 52:7–10, it calls the church beyond nostalgia and decline, urging faithful courage, embodied witness, and renewed participation in God’s kingdom work in the world.

A Mother’s Day liturgy poem inspired by Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:26–28) and God’s favor.

A calm, practical guide to youth-inclusive worship—keys, unison, playful teaching, inclusive space,

Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 on death, grief, and the wisdom found in the house of mourning.

A reflective meditation on Psalm 1:3 and Psalm 84:5–6 (CEB), exploring what it means to be replanted by streams of water. This post traces the slow courage of moving by faith, the ache of uprooting without proof, and the hope of becoming truly happy as God nurtures new growth.
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