Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on Philippians 1:3-11

“Friendship is essential to the soul.” This is the motto [...]

Commentary on Luke 3:1-6

Note to the preacher: since the lectionary splits Luke’s account of John the Baptist’s ministry between the [...]

Commentary on Luke 21:25-36

Advent is a season that messes with our sense of time. While we typically live [...]

Commentary on 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13

Love epitomizes all social obligations. This may be the “take [...]

Commentary on Psalm 25:1-10

Psalm 25:1-10 appears three times in the Revised Common Lectionary: in ordinary time (Proper 21), [...]

Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-16

On this first Sunday of Advent, one cannot read the [...]

Commentary on Revelation 1:4b-8

The book of Revelation, called in Greek the Apocalypse, exercises [...]

Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7

Whether these “last words” of David were spoken by the king himself or composed by [...]

Commentary on John 18:33-37

Jesus’ kingship begins with the opening verse of the gospel of John: “In the beginning [...]

Commentary on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

It would be easy to preach our lectionary text for [...]