The Gospel According to … Lego??!
March 31, 2007
Filed under Distractions
Well, Easter is nearly upon us. And sometimes us crazy Christian-folk have been accused of messing up our kids’ minds with what is a very violent story. (Mind you, the same people generally let their kids watch The Simpson’s Itchy and Scratchy, Ninja Turtles and war movies, but I digress).
So if Mel Gibson’s Passion is a little too bloody to help your kids understand the Easter story, don’t despair! For someone-eth hath invented …
(dramatic pause)
Here’s the short version of the Easter story [clicketh thou on the pictures to enlargeth them]…
Jesus cries out in agony from the cross.
The Romans break the legs of the first criminal crucified with Jesus to stop him from pushing himself up to get air into his lungs. This is their way of killing him quickly.
They do the same to other criminal – but they find that Jesus is already dead. [And doesn't that Lego hammer look good?]
3 days later and there’s an empty tomb.
(There you have it. The G-rated version … And a great ad for Lego!)
I tripped across this a few years ago (I think the same people have acted out all six Star Wars films with Lego too, almost replicating each scene), and have loved it ever since. I used the images (with appropriate supporting copyright references) in a powerpoint supporting a message I once delivered, and it went down a treat.