I’m adding another visual tool to our growing library! Watch Episode 1 of the new Meet the Bible video series for a quick, visual walkthrough of how the 66 books of the Bible are organized.
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.
In this livestream I ink and paint a panel in the Jeremiah study using Clip Studio Paint.
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!