Tanner, Henry Ossawa. Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, Tenn. Original source: Wikimedia.
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost
Matthew 14:22-33 Commentary
by Mitzi J. Smith
It is among the masses in Galilee that Jesus commences his healing and teaching ministry.1
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1 Kings 19:9-18 Commentary
by Christopher Davis
The word disappointment is a word that all of us will get a chance to use at some point in our lives.
Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Commentary
by Roger Nam
This week’s passage highlights a timeless theme of family dysfunction.
Psalm 85:8-13 Commentary
by W. H. Bellinger, Jr.
An interpretation of Psalm 85:8-13 needs first to find a context in the whole of Psalm 85.1
Romans 10:5-15 Commentary
by Matt Skinner
A preacher might get at this very challenging text from one of two directions.1
Out of Our Forts, into the World
by Cameron B.R. Howard
August 09, 2020
How are you? I stopped and prayed for you as I wrote this piece—you who get up to preach the Gospel week in and week out to a weary world. And oh, how weary we are. Thank ...
Brainwave 737: Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 19A)
Join Profs. Rolf Jacobson, Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for August 9, 2020 (Tenth Sunday after Pentecost - Ordinary 19A). Recorded via Zoom on June 22, 2020, for Working Preacher. Watch video version at https://youtu.be/1DJwrjiWkSQ