A few of Elijah
And for the Reading from Matthew of Jesus and Peter on the sea of Galilee
Also James B. Janknegt’s picture Walking on Water
A few of Elijah
And for the Reading from Matthew of Jesus and Peter on the sea of Galilee
Also James B. Janknegt’s picture Walking on Water
This is typically the second Sunday of John the Baptist readings for the season of Advent, so a few images of John the Baptist first and then I’m going to break from the Revised Common Lectionary this Sunday in Year A (Matthew) and use the genealogy in Matthew’s gospel as a way to introduce the story. So John the Baptist first, as I mentioned last week John the Baptist is a favorite of artists so there are lots more out there, but a few include:
Now for the Geneology of Matthew which is punctuated (unusual for a geneology) by a number of women including
Tamar:
Rahab:
Ruth
Bathsheeba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite
The good kings of Israel and later Judah and the bad:
The Exile in Babylon
And the return
And finally Joseph
Since I have begun my new position at Rejoice Lutheran Church in Frisco, Texas and they are using the Revised Common Lectionary I am going to begin posting public domain Christian art I find for the upcoming week (some of which I will use, others I will not) and maybe someone else might find this helpful in their process of thinking about the texts.