Alternate First Reading

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Commentary on Judges 4:1-7

It is mind-boggling but true: this is the only passage from the book of Judges [...]

Detail from English Alabaster Panel depicting Christ's Resurrection, Late 14th Century.
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25

The book of Joshua concludes with two final speeches (23:1-16; [...]

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Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17

This summer I waded across a short stretch of the Rio Chama in the depths [...]

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Commentary on Deuteronomy 34:1-12

I grew up in a home where the mantra, “Finish [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 33:12-23

I was preparing to teach a Confirmation Class in which I would ask each student [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 32:1-14

Wait one minute! Readers of this text, stop throwing Aaron under the bus as the [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20

When it comes to the Ten Commandments, it’s easy to [...]

Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7

At the outset of this passage, the Israelites leave the Sin desert (unrelated to the [...]

People around a table, photo by Luisa Brimble.
Commentary on Exodus 16:2-15

With the Song of the Sea still ringing in our ears, chapter 15 of the [...]

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Commentary on Exodus 14:19-31

CW: pregnancy loss.  When we arrive at Exodus 14:19-31, we are at the culmination of [...]