Alternate First Reading

Commentary on Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28

In our text for today, sibling rivalry comes close to [...]

Commentary on Genesis 32:22-31

In Genesis 32, Jacob and his family have finally left [...]

Commentary on Genesis 29:15-28

Genesis 29:15-28 is small slice of a much larger story. [...]

Commentary on Genesis 28:10-19a

In the lectionary reading for today, we encounter Jacob on [...]

Commentary on Genesis 25:19-34

Our lectionary text for today starts with the reference that [...]

Commentary on Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67

Genesis 24 constitutes an expansive narrative regarding the quest of [...]

Commentary on Genesis 22:1-14

The near-sacrifice of Isaac, or the Akedah as it is called in the Jewish tradition, [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25

Isaiah invites us into a theological vision of what life can be for God’s faithful [...]

Commentary on Haggai 1:15b-2:9

The co-temporal prophets Haggai and Zechariah mark a shift in [...]

Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4

When have the sainted people to whom you preach ever [...]