Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on John 2:13-22

All four gospels include an account of Jesus’ disruption at the temple. The synoptic gospels [...]

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Among the students I teach in my introduction to the [...]

Commentary on Mark 8:31-38

Contradictions and perplexities dominate the gospel for the day. Peter correctly identified Jesus as the [...]

Comentario del San Marcos 8:31-38

En Marcos 1:1-8:26, el evangelista presenta el poderoso ministerio de [...]

Commentary on Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16

A name is a powerful thing. A name identifies, describes, [...]

Commentary on Romans 4:13-25

There is a story told among Zen Buddhists about a nun who one day approached [...]

Commentary on Psalm 22:23-31

Psalm 22 is a familiar psalm to most of us. It opens with the words, [...]

Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

Psalm 25 is the reading for the first Sunday in Lent, the season in which [...]

Commentary on 1 Peter 3:18-22

About ten years ago I became interested in the spiritual discipline of writing icons, a [...]

Commentary on Genesis 9:8-17

The story of Noah and the flood is one of those biblical narratives that we [...]