Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-3, 7-15c
Commentators often focus on Naaman the Aramean as the main [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
Sermon-writing fingers might get itchy at Habakkuk 2:4—”Look at the [...]
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7
When we think of the prophet Amos there is a tendency to emphasize the outsider [...]
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 Exodus 32:7-14
The foundation from which to build your sermon for this week is Exodus 32:1, appearing [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20
When my children were small, I read parenting advice about [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7
A preacher following the lectionary rarely encounters the book of Proverbs, but it might be [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 58:9b-14
Isaiah 56-66 addresses the community returning from the Babylonian exile to the dysfunctional and disappointing [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:23-29
The hunger for leadership has reached every sector of our [...]
Commentary on Genesis 15:1-6
In Genesis 15, Abram has not yet achieved the status of father of the faith. [...]