This week, the First Sunday in Lent, the Narrative Lectionary takes us to Luke 10:25-37. Here we find the familiar parable of the Good Samaritan and the conversation between Jesus, Mary and Martha. On this Cartoonist’s Guide page, enjoy TWO PowerPoint downloads. The first is from the current Luke project. The second is from 2017, the last time we preached this text. I hope these resources help you in your teaching and proclamation this week. Peace.
Luke 3:1-21 tells the story of John the Baptist calling the nation to repentance and baptism and how Jesus is baptized.
How quickly they forget. The children of Israel had just be miraculously rescued from slavery in Egypt. God spoke directly to them from the mountain and entered into a blood covenant. They were to be God’s treasured possession among all nations, God’s holy priesthood. They simply had to keep their end of the covenant.
They didn’t last 40 days before they turned to the status quo and crafted a Golden Calf.
This sermon explores how we, too, are regularly tempted to turn away from the wild claims of God’s love for the whole world and hunker down into our familiar safety zones.
This episode introduces the project. The goal is to make a graphic novel style rendition of the Gospel of Luke.