Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-29
The prophet Jeremiah likely delivered this oracle in the terrifying [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14
Isaiah 56-66 addresses the community returning from the Babylonian exile to the dysfunctional and disappointing [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7
It would be tempting to overlook this mere two-verse reading from Proverbs in the lectionary, [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
The majestic speech of Deuteronomy nears its conclusion in this [...]
Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14
“I used to think that God never changes,” said one of my seminary students a [...]
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7
This is the first of two weeks in which the Old Testament reading is from the prophet [...]
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7
“Income inequality” is a phrase we are hearing in this year leading up to the [...]
Commentary on Genesis 32:22-31
Genesis 32:22-32 is a profoundly mysterious story with numerous unanswerable [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
The story of the prophet Elisha healing Naaman, the “commander [...]
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4
Habakkuk protests to God unlike protagonists of Greek classical literature [...]
