Unless a Grain of Wheat, India ink and pastel on paper St. Peter Returns to the Garden by KPB Stevens God of calloused hands, like splinters, like wooden bowls full of dinner, I returned here with morning, wanting to return to that last evening we spent together, all of us in a shadowed room, our … Continue reading Saint Peter Returns to the Garden
Tag: Resurrection
Acts 24:1-27 Resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous
Poor Paul. He gets stuck in prison for two years, and Felix, the governor, who is a rather feckless person, seems to be in no hurry to resolve his case. So Paul, and our story, comes to a grinding halt. Like I said, the end of Acts is a bit of an anticlimax. But since … Continue reading Acts 24:1-27 Resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous
Acts 2:14-36 The First Retelling
My grandmother often told the same stories over and over again, to such an extent that we made up a joking diagnosis for her, saying that she had RSS, Repetitive Story Syndrome. My daughter has begun to point out my own tendency to repeat stories, and has also begun noticing when she does this. All … Continue reading Acts 2:14-36 The First Retelling
Acts 1:12-26 The Witnesses
The first concern of the disciples after the resurrection is to heal their community. They have several reasons to feel incomplete if there are only eleven of them. They are twelve because twelve is the number of Jacob’s sons, and thus of the original tribes of Israel. They are twelve because Jesus appointed twelve, and … Continue reading Acts 1:12-26 The Witnesses
Luke 24:36-53 The Resurrected Mind
I have not paid much attention to the mind while writing this blog about Luke’s Gospel, and now when I come to the end, I am struck by the fact that Jesus’ last teaching was not about ethics or seeing with spiritual eyes. Instead, “he opened their minds to understand the scriptures.” Just as he … Continue reading Luke 24:36-53 The Resurrected Mind
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