First Reading

Mediterranean dishes served on table
Commentary on Isaiah 40:21-31

The chapters following Isaiah 40 address a tired and weary people who likely had some [...]

Light streaming down
Commentary on Isaiah 52:7-10

The text from Second Isaiah follows closely on Christmas Eve’s reading from First Isaiah though [...]

Simeon and Anna
Commentary on Isaiah 61:10—62:3

The book of Ezekiel defines a true prophet in this [...]

The birth of Jesus with shepherds
Commentary on Isaiah 62:6-12

So many choices!1 For Christmas Day in any of the years of the lectionary cycle, [...]

Sign: Silence/Silencio
Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:15-20

Even God’s friend Moses did not live forever. But God [...]

Sea of Galilee at sunset
Commentary on Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Jonah is a tale of what happens when God’s mercy is too much for some, [...]

fig tree
Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]

The story of the calling of Samuel is a familiar [...]

star cluster
Commentary on Isaiah 60:1-6

We often call it “the bridge.” We look at the gap, or chasm, between the [...]

Baptism of Christ
Commentary on Genesis 1:1-5

Over this last year of uncertainty and anxiety, I have been binging feel-good videos unapologetically. [...]

Bang
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-14

These verses speak to a community of migrants and refugees.1 [...]