On Wednesday of Holy Week, BreakPoint published a piece on Johnny Hart, creator of the comic strip B.C. I recommend the article in its entirety, which includes not only the story of Johnny Hart but also links to some of the strips discussed. Why did BreakPoint publish this during Holy Week? Because Johnny often included Holy Week themes in his strips. For example, as reported in the article (and I remember reading this one last year):

A caveman says, “I hate the term Good Friday.… My Lord was hanged on a tree that day.” Another caveman replies, “If you were going to be hanged on that day, and he volunteered to take your place, how would you feel?”

So why am I publishing this blog two weeks later? First, because I didn’t want to interrupt our Holy Week blogs on the Stations of the Cross. Second, to make a point about Christians in the workplace. Here’s a guy writing a comic strip – a comic strip! – which from time to time included a Christian witness. And the readership? Up to 100 million people, making him “the most widely read Christian of our time!”

As Chuck Colson wrote back in 1999, “Johnny Hart can be an inspiration to all of us to find ways to bring a Christian worldview to bear on our work, whatever it may be. Healthy humor is one of God’s good gifts to us, and even writing comic strips can be done to His glory.” John Stonestreet, Breakpoint, April 5, 2023.

The Apostle Paul would agree:

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. (Colossians 3.17, ESV)