Commentary on Luke 4:21-30
In her national bestseller book, The American Age of Unreason, the Updated Edition, Susan Jacoby [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Luke 4:14-21
“God’s time [Emancipation] is always near. He set the North Star in the heavens; He [...]
Commentary on John 2:1-11
At the end of John 1, Jesus promised Nathanael (and by extension his other disciples [...]
Commentary on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22
“He will be called son of God” (klēthēsetai, huios theou, [...]
Commentary on Matthew 2:1-12
For Epiphany the lectionary offers us a tale of two kings: the holy child Jesus [...]
Commentary on John 1:[1-9], 10-18
There is no infancy narrative, no temptation in the wilderness, [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:[1-7] 8-20
For Christmas Day, the lectionary turns to the second half [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:41-52
The lectionary ends this calendar year with the first words of Jesus, but before that [...]
Commentary on John 1:1-14
The first three words of John 1:1 can be literally translated “In a beginning” and [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:1-14 [15-20]
In the book Overload: Finding the Truth in Today’s Deluge [...]