The Leper in Galilee

February 10, 2012April 16, 2012 ~ KPB Stevens ~ 1 Comment

Lately, when I find myself getting ready to preach on a passage that I've preached on many times before, I've been asking myself one basic question to get around the dispiriting feeling that I've run out of things to say. The question is this: who is the most interesting person in this story (barring Jesus, … Continue reading The Leper in Galilee

The Demoniac at the Synagogue in Capernaum

January 28, 2012April 16, 2012 ~ KPB Stevens ~ 1 Comment

Mark 1:21-28 It's surprising that the demoniac was in the synagogue at all. Here's a quintessentially impure person in the middle of a Jewish worship service where, I assume, much of the talk was about purity. After Jesus teaches in the synagogue, the people there express surprise that his preaching is not like the preaching … Continue reading The Demoniac at the Synagogue in Capernaum

Saint Brigid

January 26, 2012January 27, 2012 ~ KPB Stevens ~ 2 Comments

Here's the first page of a comic about Saint Brigid's life, in preparation for her feast day on Wednesday.

Jonah

January 19, 2012April 16, 2012 ~ KPB Stevens ~ 1 Comment

In collecting resources for preaching about Jonah, I found the following: See Jonah Run: Comic Narrative in the Book of Jonah by Beverly Beem. A very good survey of Jewish midrash surrounding the book of Jonah can be found in A biblical text and its afterlives: the survival of Jonah in western culture by Yvonne Sherwood. A … Continue reading Jonah

The Amazing Underhill Trinity Sunday Zoetrope

January 17, 2012 ~ KPB Stevens ~ Leave a comment

First preached on June 19th, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQQYVg1D9g What do horses look like when they gallop? For centuries, no one knew the answer to this question. A galloping horse moves too fast for the human eye. For centuries, people who looked at horses, and people who painted horses, argued about whether a galloping horse ever had … Continue reading The Amazing Underhill Trinity Sunday Zoetrope