Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20

How are the faithful to respond in times of pressing [...]

Commentary on Psalm 54

Why the passion of this psalm? Why its sharp, even repellant characterization of the enemies? Why the [...]

Commentary on Mark 9:30-37

This is the third week of our “What if?” approach to texts from Mark. We’ve [...]

Commentary on James 3:1-12

This Sunday’s passage involves one of the more peculiar passages in the New Testament. But [...]

Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33

This is the first time that Wisdom, personified as a [...]

Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9

In the lectionary portion of Psalm 116, we do not get to the question of [...]

Commentary on Mark 8:27-38

Last week, we began a three week exploration of the question: “What if?“ A big [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

What is the meaning of suffering? This is one of the most profound questions that [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 35:4-7a

In many of our churches, we tend to align salvation with God’s grace, themes that [...]

Commentary on Psalm 146

As I have done with the previous three Psalm lections, I again tie the theme of worship [...]