Revised Common Lectionary

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Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Relay races are instructive for life. In a 4×100 relay [...]

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Commentary on Philippians 2:5-11

In the 1990s, Gatorade launched a campaign: “Be Like Mike.”  [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 31:9-16

Psalm 31 is one of three psalms that appear prominently in the story of Jesus’ [...]

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Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

“I am a servant.” – Larry Norman, 1976 This lectionary reading for Palm Sunday is [...]

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Commentary on Hebrews 5:5-10

Presumably, the lectionary intends the church to sit with and contemplate this image of the [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 51:1-12

Psalm 51 is, by any measure, one of the best-known and most often read penitential [...]

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Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34

“You’ve got to have heart.” – Coach Jimmy McGinty, The [...]

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Commentary on John 12:20-33

As we near Holy Week, we arrive in Jerusalem with Jesus in the Gospel of [...]

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Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-10

The second chapter of the letter to the Ephesians begins [...]

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Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22

The appointed psalm comprises two sections of the lengthy song [...]