Monday with Jesus

Each Monday we email a message with resources for the upcoming Sunday Gospel story as designated by the Revised Common Lectionary, including a link to a YouTube video of the story being told, followed by casual Q&A commentary. If you want to be on the elist to receive “Monday with Jesus” emails, send me a message: amelia@gotell.org

To check out the videos on our GoTell Story YouTube channel, click here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh_J-4C0MG6JPek-IGHdUMg

Back from Healing Break

The last post I did for this site was January. The last “Monday with Jesus” we did was two months ago. We took a healing break following an unexpected heart-stopping experience at the end of Tom’s shoulder surgery on January 6.

But today we resumed with a telling-commentary on the story of Jesus’ wilderness experience, according to the Gospel of Luke. If ever there was a story supporting the practice of internalizing scripture, this is it. It’s what gave Jesus power to resist the temptations of the devil.

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, a season to embrace Jesus’ spiritual practice: scripture by heart. I’m working on a passage to tell at church on March 20 about slain Galileans, crushed Jerusalemites, and an unproductive fig tree. But don’t worry, the video below is all about the temptation story.

For more resources on this story (graphic, story map, commentary) visit the Luke 4:1-13 story page.