Why Does Jesus Tell Us to Hate in Luke 14:25-33?
This week’s Gospel reading (Luke 14:25–33) is a hard one. Jesus turns to the crowd and says:
“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life itself, cannot be my disciple.”
That word—hate—lands with a sting. It was provocative in Jesus’ day, and it feels even sharper in ours. What could he possibly mean?
In this visual meditation, I slow down and enter the text with my pen, letting images, movement, and scripture interweave. As I draw, I listen for the deeper challenge of discipleship: Is Jesus calling us to despise our families? Or, is there something deeper? Is he calling us to deal with the cost of following him.
Drawing Jeremiah in Clip Studio Paint
In this livestream I ink and paint a panel in the Jeremiah study using Clip Studio Paint.
Ephesians Revisited | A Visual Introduction
The Revised Common Lectionary launches a two-month series on the letter to the Ephesians this Sunday. I took this opportunity to pull my illustration of Ephesians out of moth balls and give it a little update. Enjoy!
Pentecost | A Visual Reading of Acts 1:1-21
This video is a reading of Acts 1:1-21 along with the visuals from A Cartoonist’s Guide to Acts. Feel free to play this during worship or in a class.