God with Us: Bible Stories on the Road to Emmaus
By Matt Mikalatos; Illustrated by David Shephard (WaterBrook)
Cleopas and an unnamed person are walking from Jerusalem to Emmaus when Jesus joins them.
The two are talking about Jesus’ crucifixion and his rumored resurrection, trying to make sense of the rumors. They didn’t recognize their new traveling companion, nor did they expect what followed.
“Beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, Jesus explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about himself” (Luke 24:27).
If only we knew what Jesus used from Scripture to explain about himself.
What Luke leaves out of his Gospel account, Matt Mikalatos fills in with imagination and humor.
In the form of a graphic novel, Mikalatos weaves together key moments from the Old Testament and the Gospels that, in hindsight, illuminate who Jesus was, his purpose for coming to live among us and the purpose of his dying and rising again.
The young sister and brother Rachel and Moshe are main characters in Mikalatos’ version of Luke 24:13-35.
As they walk with Cleopas and Miriam—Luke’s unnamed second person—they ask important questions and bring extra life to Jesus’ explanations.
God with Us would make a great gift for young families to read together, young readers to read alone or fans of graphic novels.
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Through Mikalatos’ gift for storytelling and David Shephard’s illustrations, those who read God with Us will see not just the walk to Emmaus in a new light, but will come to appreciate what key moments throughout Scripture tell us about Jesus.
God with Us is scheduled to release April 1, in plenty of time to be read before Easter—Resurrection Sunday.
Eric Black, executive director/publisher/editor
Baptist Standard
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