Second Reading

Crucifixion
Commentary on Hebrews 10:16-25

We Christians are an interesting, perhaps odd, group of people. [...]

Jesus washes his disciples' feet
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

On Maundy Thursday, we commemorate Jesus’ institution of the Eucharist [...]

Three crosses overlooking lake
Commentary on Philippians 2:5-11

This hymn raises questions that Christians have wrestled with for [...]

smoke drifting across black background
Commentary on Philippians 3:4b-14

Using his own life as a paradigm, Paul presents us [...]

old man smiling in doorway
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:16-21

What does it mean to be a “new creation”? What [...]

windswept tree in foggy landscape
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 10:1-13

This week’s epistle reading depends significantly on people’s knowledge of [...]

hen and chicks
Commentary on Philippians 3:17—4:1

Lent serves as a time for prayer, repentance, and turning [...]

flat gray stones
Commentary on Romans 10:8b-13

When Jesus goes into the desert for forty days and nights, he comes face-to-face with [...]

charcoal black
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10

Ash Wednesday is grounded in two theological claims that stretch [...]

figure standing on mountaintop with white clouds behind
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 3:12—4:2

This passage is all about hope. But when Paul speaks [...]