Second Reading

grain overflowing into a basket
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50

Epiphany is a season of revelations and manifestations. These words [...]

band of clouds over horizon
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Years ago an actively engaged congregational leader confided that Easter [...]

Lakeside with sun rising
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Showing up elsewhere in the lectionary (Year B) on Easter [...]

tracks through field of yellow flowers
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 13:1-13

First Corinthians 13 is, perhaps, one of the most recognizable [...]

table set for feast with sunlight streaming in
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a

This second part of 1 Corinthians 12 echoes many of [...]

heart outline in LED lights
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 12:1-11

Emerging out of a holiday season of gift giving, the [...]

landscape in Iceland -- streams converging around a volcanic mountain
Commentary on Acts 8:14-17

If we pull together various baptism passages from the New Testament, a picture starts to [...]

golden resin on tree trunk
Commentary on Ephesians 3:1-12

Epiphany falls on the twelfth day after Christmas, January 6 [...]

Fig leaf budding out
Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

One of the hallmarks of western culture is the ideal [...]

tent under starry sky
Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-14

Our passage at the start of this New Year begins [...]