Luke 13:1-21 Sympathy for the Pharisees

January 3, 2019January 1, 2019 ~ KPB Stevens ~ Leave a comment

I have a lot of sympathy for the Pharisees. They were trying to create a new kind of order in a world where the old orders had grown thin and been proven corrupt. Theirs would be the surviving Judaism, after the temple was destroyed for the second time. They led the jews of the diaspora … Continue reading Luke 13:1-21 Sympathy for the Pharisees

At the Memorial Service

March 21, 2013April 9, 2013 ~ KPB Stevens ~ Leave a comment

Last night I went to a memorial service at the Newman Center, for Brittany and Courtney, two students who died in a car wreck on their way back to campus at the end of Spring Break. The Newman Center is a very modern church building, with big abstract stained glass windows and a large video … Continue reading At the Memorial Service