Commentary on Luke 4:14-21
The Holy Spirit is a major actor in Luke’s Gospel and in its sequel, the [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10
The reconstituted people of Israel came together on a holy [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a
This second part of 1 Corinthians 12 echoes many of [...]
Commentary on Psalm 19
Epiphany and the days surrounding it celebrate the “appearance” or “manifestation” (the meaning of the name’s Greek [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Emerging out of a holiday season of gift giving, the [...]
Commentary on Psalm 36:5-10
Psalm 36:5-10 contains some of the most beautiful language of any psalm in the Psalter, [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 62:1-5
The opening verses of Isaiah 62 contain a hope of a land fully embraced and [...]
Commentary on John 2:1-11
When we think of Jesus’ miracles, we usually think of him helping those in desperate [...]
Commentary on Acts 8:14-17
If we pull together various baptism passages from the New Testament, a picture starts to [...]
Commentary on Psalm 29
Psalm 29 is a hymn that praises God as ruler of the universe. Like other hymns, this [...]