"Proverbs" Illustrations

The blog has been getting some serious neglect and boom suddenly we are throwing two posts at you in one evening... Well, this is one of the projects that's been keeping me busy and away from the blog: illustrations for our camp curriculum--this year, based on the book of Proverbs. My friend Taehoo and I started this run last year, after deciding that there was a great dearth of Bible study curricula geared towards the urban youth and that we should write our own. You can find a bit of the background and illustrations for our first year's curriculum based on the book of Genesis, "In the Beginning", here.

Proverbs is a book that keeps things surprisingly and refreshingly real, and so is easily translatable into the urban culture. Its original intended audience was young men, so its language and in-your-face-but-in-a-loving-way tone makes the work of coming up with lessons and illustrations that much easier. There are wonderful word pictures that almost illustrate themselves. Like this one: "As a door turns on its hinges so a sluggard turns on his bed." (26:14) Or: "Like a gold ring in an pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion." (11:22) And the content of the message, wisdom for young people who need guidance in life, is one that's sorely needed in our communities. Modern culture has a tendency to scoff at wisdom, especially religious wisdom. The biggest victims tend to be urban youth in poverty. So we are hopeful that this curriculum will be used well in our neighborhoods this summer and beyond for the sake of mentoring young folks in living life God's way.

Here is a sampling of the illustrations (you can see the whole set here):


"Fear God" or "Fools Trash Wisdom" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.


"The Simple" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.


"The Stubborn Fool" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.


"Evil Friends" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.
I had to throw this one in, because it's Amoz's favorite. Amoz these days has a strange fascination with "bad guys"... one of his favorite movie characters to quote is Syndrome, from The Incredibles. We ask for your prayers...!


"Words II" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.


"Life & Death" © Kyuboem Lee, 2009.