Narrative Lectionary

Jeremiah
Commentary on Jeremiah 1:1-10; 7:1-11

• 6/15/2025: Jeremiah 1:1-10; 7:1-11 Call and Temple Sermon • [...]

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Commentary on Galatians 1:13-17; 2:11-21

Although Galatians was written several years after the Jerusalem Conference [...]

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Commentary on Acts 15:1-18

Today’s reading relates what causes the Apostolic Council, or Jerusalem Conference, to meet and includes [...]

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Commentary on Acts 8:26-39

When we walk down wilderness roads, we encounter strangely fabulous, frighteningly diverse, and uncomfortably wonderful [...]

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Commentary on Acts 6:1—7:2a, 44-60

Stories of martyrdom and near-martyrdom often galvanize us as a [...]

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Commentary on Luke 24:13-35

We do not usually tell ghost stories in church, but this road-to-Emmaus story is exactly [...]

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Commentary on Luke 24:1-12

“Remember how he told you?” the youth in dazzling clothing says to the women gathered [...]

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Commentary on Luke 23:32-47

We are familiar with the moments of Jesus’ Passion the church remembers in its observation [...]

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Commentary on Luke 22:1-27

This reading for Maundy Thursday includes most of the narrative focusing on Jesus’ Passover meal [...]

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Commentary on Luke 19:29-44

It’s the kind of thing politicians think about—the optics of an entrance. The thought that [...]