The Family Bath Towel
There are certain moments in a family’s regular routine that are often intimate and have certain rituals associated with them. I’m thinking especially about meal time, bath time, and bed time. Each of these moments bring parents and children into close,...What We’re Missing This Week
The Narrative Lectionary skips from John 13 to John 18 this week. That makes me sad, because John 13-17 is my favorite part of the Bible. So, in honor of this text, I created an entire page in the Bible Bookshelf just for it. I will keep updating this page as more...
A Visual Meditation on John 18:1-27 | Jesus and Peter on Trial
The Narrative Lectionary brings us to the story of Peter’s Denial in John 18:12-27. I have chosen to start in John 18:1 with the scene of Jesus’ arrest. I think it is an important framing for the story. Below are my illustrations. Feel free to use them in...
The Family that Weeps Together…
How does your family deal with loss? 2006 was a difficult year for my family. We call it the year of death. I had a good friend who took his own life. Both of my wife’s grandmothers died, the church we had started fours years earlier died. To top it all off,...
Resurrection and the Unfolding Universe
Four things have converged this morning that make for an interesting question. How can we believe in the resurrection of the dead in this secular age? The four points of convergence: First, we read the story of Jesus raising Lazarus from dead this past weekend, found...
Stinky Feet, Clean People | A Meditation on John 13:1-17
We take a radical turn in our worship series through the Gospel of John this week. The past few weeks have addressed large passages of scripture that deal with complex stories: a conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:1-21), the Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42), Healing...
The Bread of Life | A Visual Meditation on John 6
This PowerPoint and Image Pack offers a visual meditation on John 6:1-71. Jesus feeds 5,000, walks on water, and proclaims that he is the bread of life. Any who eat his flesh and drink his blood will abide in him and he in them. What does this mean?
Come Alive! | A Visual Meditation on Lazarus in John 11:1-44
We come to the seventh and final sign in the Gospel of John this week. Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. Below are my visual meditations. Feel free to use any of these images in your study or teaching. It always starts with visually marking up the text. This is a...
