First Reading

Commentary for this text is forthcoming.

In Isaiah 42:1–9, God presents the servant as “my chosen, in whom my soul delights” [...]

At the time this poem was composed, Jerusalem was a conquered, depopulated city struggling to [...]

The joyful declaration that God is the giver of every [...]

In Isaiah 63:1–6, the writer recounts the failures and shortcomings of God’s people. In all [...]

“Beauty” is a word in the English language that gets used a lot to talk [...]

Someone once said that life’s storms force us into one of three positions when pondering [...]

Isaiah 2:1–5 welcomes congregations to Advent across the globe. As the first scriptural reading of [...]

In 1943, Ruth Caye Jones, burdened by the grim headlines of mounting World War II [...]