Gospel

Sunshine on grape vines in Italy
Commentary on Luke 9:51-62

This week’s lectionary text provides a range of responses to offer to our congregations as [...]

hands interlocked in front of beach
Commentary on Luke 8:26-39

At the outset of Jesus’ ministry, we find him in a synagogue of his hometown [...]

sunbeams bursting through treetop canopy
Commentary on John 16:12-15

The Trinity presented to us in John is a manifestation of God’s love for us, [...]

red dahlia flower in sun
Commentary on John 14:8-17 [25-27]

The Gospel text for today offers us an alternative approach [...]

young person peering through hole in wall
Commentary on John 17:20-26

The liturgical season of Easter draws to a close with Jesus’ final words to his [...]

Christus ascendit hodie!
Commentary on Luke 24:44-53

Electronic devices die, or at least that is how we describe what happens when their [...]

Colorful Hope sign in garden
Commentary on John 14:23-29

This passage is part of Jesus’ farewell discourse to his disciples on the night before [...]

dandelion seeds in front of sunset
Commentary on John 13:31-35

As is the case with many lectionary texts, something is lost when this passage is [...]

Seedling growing between iron bars
Commentary on John 10:22-30

Throughout John’s Gospel, responses to Jesus vary widely.1 This is the case once more in [...]

heart-shaped rock with
Commentary on John 21:1-19

My commentary on last week’s passage explained how the resurrection appearances in John 20 served [...]