Commentary on Mark 6:14-29
The story of John’s murder is dreadful throughout. The Bible includes a number of tales [...]
Gospel
Commentary on Mark 6:1-13
One of the more unnerving aspects of Mark’s narrative is that people we might expect [...]
Commentary on Mark 5:21-43
Mark skimps on detail and storytelling flourishes—except when it doesn’t. This passage offers us one [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:35-41
Unlike Matthew (8:23–27) and Luke (8:22–25), Mark 4:35–41 clocks this episode at evening (verse 35), [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:26-34
Working Preacher published an essay of mine on humor in Mark’s parables, which I’m sure [...]
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35
Mark 3:19b–35 is among the evangelist’s subtlest intercalations: the insertion of one story inside another, [...]
Commentary on Mark 2:23—3:6
This Sunday’s pericopae conclude five that Mark carefully collocated: 2:1–12; 2:13–17; 2:18–22; 2:23–28; 3:1–6. The [...]
Commentary on John 3:1-17
The Gospel of John is rich with language exploring the relationship between God, the Son, [...]
Commentary on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15
In the Revised Common Lectionary, the Gospel reading for Pentecost [...]
Commentary on John 17:6-19
The power and necessity of intercessory prayer immediately sprang to mind when I read John [...]
