Images of Jesus

Joe Paprocki Creative Moments

I have a Powerpoint meditation on Images of Jesus that I put together a few years back and plan to use this upcoming week with my class. The presentation contains 82 images of Jesus that I’ve found from various sources. In all, the presentation is set to run about eight minutes long and I have it timed to two songs that I play on CD: “Jesus, the Lord” (St. Louis Jesuit) and “Hold on to Jesus” (Stephen Curtis Chapman).

The slide show depicts Jesus in a myriad of ways: happy, sad, teaching, healing, suffering, dying, rising, black, white, Asian, and more. Some of the images are contemporary and some are traditional, even ancient. I use it as a way to invite the young people to reflect on their image of Jesus and to see that Jesus speaks to all people of all times, ages, races, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds.

If you would like me to send the Powerpoint to you via e-mail, contact me at paprocki@loyolapress.com

Print Friendly, PDF & EmailPrint Friendly
About Joe Paprocki 2742 Articles
Joe Paprocki, DMin, is National Consultant for Faith Formation at Loyola Press, where, in addition to his traveling/speaking responsibilities, he works on the development team for faith formation curriculum resources including Finding God: Our Response to God’s Gifts and God’s Gift: Reconciliation and Eucharist. Joe has more than 35 years of experience in ministry and has presented keynotes, presentations, and workshops in more than 100 dioceses in North America. Joe is a frequent presenter at national conferences including the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, the Mid-Atlantic Congress, and the National Conference for Catechetical Leadership. He is the author of numerous books, including the best seller The Catechist’s Toolbox, A Church on the Move, Under the Influence of Jesus, and Called to Be Catholic—a bilingual, foundational supplemental program that helps young people know their faith and grow in their relationship with God. Joe is also the series editor for the Effective Catechetical Leader and blogs about his experiences in faith formation at www.catechistsjourney.com.

Related Articles

No Picture
Creative Moments

Not Bad!

Joe Paprocki Creative Moments, Joys and Frustrations, Junior High, Newsworthy, Understanding Kids

Our experience of playing a Jeopardy-like review was not bad at all last night. Of course, games can rile kids up so we were walking a fine line between having fun and laying down the law last night. However, overall, I’d have to say that fifty 8th graders in one room behaved pretty well! The nice thing was that they did a pretty good job of answering the questions. All of us were pleased that […]

Print Friendly, PDF & EmailPrint Friendly
No Picture
Lesson Planning

Jesus Learning Stations – Here They Are!

Joe Paprocki Lesson Planning

I mentioned yesterday that I was preparing 5 learning stations on Jesus to use this coming Monday. The 5 learning stations are the following: The world of Jesus The people of Jesus The words of Jesus The miracles of Jesus The death and resurrection of Jesus I’ve drawn these 5 categories from the book Jesus: A Gospel Portrait by Fr. Donald Senior (Paulist Press, 1992). They are available in PDF format. Click on each of […]

Print Friendly, PDF & EmailPrint Friendly
No Picture
Newsworthy

Papal Conclave: Political Maneuvering or the Holy Spirit? Yes

Joe Paprocki Newsworthy

As we approach the papal conclave, it is interesting to notice the coverage taking place. The media focuses on the political maneuvering taking place while Church spokespeople talk about prayer, discernment, and the movement of the Holy Spirit. Which is it? Both. We would be naive to think that there is no political maneuvering taking place among the cardinals at the conclave. At the same time, we would be just as naive to think that […]

Print Friendly, PDF & EmailPrint Friendly

6 Comments

  3. Joe,
    I used the images of Jesus with my 7th and 8th grade last night because I had to sub. I don’t have a projector so they watched it on my tiny lap top screen…
    but they were quiet for the entire time watching it! It was so prayerful (I ended asking them if they thought it was prayer so good lead into that). I used random WOW hits songs on my itunes play list because I didn’t know until last minute I was subbing.
    We talked about the images and the music (which they had never heard current Christian music). Then I had them draw their image of Jesus after.
    I think I gained so much respect with them… as in I think they think Jesus stuff might be alright in 7/8th grade terms. They were talking to me afterward about the images and scrolling through them on my laptop. They loved it! A lot of them were saying how good it was.

    Thank you so much! You’re great at this. I have much to learn, but with people like you I think I have good mentors.

    Reply

    • Jenn, how wonderful! What’s important is how you talked with them about the images. Anyone can show a Powerpoint, but you used it as an opportunity to share faith and to help them grow. Thanks for sharing your story!

      Reply

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*