Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12
The central movement of the Suffering Servant poem in Isaiah 53:4-12 is from humiliation to [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Psalm 91:9-16
The psalm text for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost is the “promise” section of the [...]
Commentary on Hebrews 5:1-10
“Is she qualified? Can he do the job?” I ask these questions when the president [...]
Commentary on Job 38:1-7 [34-41]
“Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers,” drawled Garth [...]
Commentary on Job 23:1-9, 16-17
The last line of Job 2:1-10 (last week’s first reading, [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:17-31
Nearly irresistible is the urge to soften this passage’s demands. That urge has been around [...]
Commentary on Hebrews 4:12-16
In “Glory Days,” Bruce Springsteen sings of that high school baseball player who “could throw [...]
Commentary on Psalm 90:12-17
This week’s psalm selection is the closing section of one of the great lyrics of [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
Amos worked full-time for much of his life as “a [...]
Commentary on Hebrews 1:1-4; 2:5-12
In the city of Macon, Georgia, the Harriet Tubman African-American [...]