There are new coloring sheets on the downloadable page on the sidebar. One of these comes from one of my favorite Bible stories as a child.

I was attending mass a few weeks ago, and the daily reading was Genesis 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a when Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt for grain during the famine and he imprisons them. He does let them know with conditions. Daily readings are often not the whole story, and hearing this little snippet of Joseph’s reunion with his brothers (even if they didn’t recognize him) caused me to go home that morning, and read the entire story from this point on until Joseph’s reunion with his father, Jacob.

As a child, I was focused more on Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors (Gen. 37:3). I didn’t see it, but I remember Donny Osmond playing Joseph on Broadway’s The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and I also recall my uncle in the same role in high school, so Joseph has always had a warm place in my heart.

After reading the story, I sat down and drew the coat of many colors, but before I filled in all the bright and beautiful colors, I took a photo of just the pen & ink sketch and saved it for use as a coloring sheet. I hope you will enjoy sitting in a quiet space, and filling in the patchwork with as many of your favorite colors as will fit.