Alternate First Reading

Children embracing with smiles
Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31

Proverbs 31:10–31 is perhaps one of the most well known [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33

  These days—when progress for civil rights seems to be [...]

Detail from
Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23

This pieced-together pericope from Proverbs offers the reader a clear [...]

Hand washing
Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:8-13

For the proclaimer willing to take on a homiletical challenge, [...]

Fufu and eforiro on white plates (Bread of Life series)
Commentary on 1 Kings 8:[1, 6, 10-11] 22-30, 41-43

One of my former colleagues, [...]

Noodles drying on a rack (Bread of Life series)
Commentary on 1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14

If you have had any experience with a congregation over [...]

Injera with other Ethiopian foods (Bread of Life series)
Commentary on 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33

David’s care for his son Absalom, despite his rebellion, is [...]

rice in a bowl with sesame seeds (Bread of Life)
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:26—12:13a

Last week’s passage invited us to consider the spaces of [...]

bread with hand
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-15

The David and Bathsheba narrative is a compelling text that [...]

landscape painting depicting Jesus on lakeshore
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-14a

David’s lack of tolerance for frustration over the constraints of [...]