Narrative Lectionary

Christ washing the Disciples' Feet
Commentary on Luke 22:1-27

The word “maundy” comes from the Latin word for “command.” On this Maundy Thursday, we [...]

Entry into the City
Commentary on Luke 19:29-44

This reading is designated for “Palm” Sunday.  But I feel the need to draw our [...]

Zacchaeus
Commentary on Luke 18:31—19:10

Commentary is forthcoming for this text.   PRAYER OF THE [...]

Lazarus waiting at the door
Commentary on Luke 16:19-31

The Gospel of Luke has much to say about rich men and lovers of money, [...]

Luke 15:8
Commentary on Luke 15:1-32

This collection of three parables highlights the lost among us: a lost animal (sheep), money, [...]

Why Are You So Angry? (No Te Aha Oe Riri), 1896
Commentary on Luke 13:1-9, 31-35

Collective lament is an appropriate and necessary response of a [...]

The Good Samaritan
Commentary on Luke 10:25-42

The interpretative subtitles inserted above biblical passages often arrest our hermeneutical gaze.  The subtitles are [...]

Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Commentary on Luke 2:21-38

This pericope serves as the closing of the infancy narrative, and it contains four clearly [...]

Man looking up skeptically
Commentary on Luke 9:51-62

Our reading from Luke for this week is made up of two vignettes; the first [...]

Transfiguration
Commentary on Luke 9:28-45

Transfiguration is one of those festivals, like Christmas and Easter, that seems, the longer I [...]