Commentary on Matthew 9:9-13, 18-26
The Lectionary combines the First Gospel’s account of Matthew’s call [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Genesis 6:9-22; 7:24; 8:14-19
Like the charming tales in Kipling’s Jungle Book, the stories [...]
Commentary on Matthew 7:21-29
Max De Pree, the well-known businessman and leadership author, is fond of saying that beliefs [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 11:18-21, 26-28
I grew up in a home wherein virtually every room [...]
Commentary on Romans 1:16-17; 3:22b-28 [29-31]
What does the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ accomplish? [...]
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 4:1-5
What irritates our sensibilities more? The claim that we are [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 49:8-16a
Isaiah 40-66 uses female images for God more frequently than any other Old Testament body [...]
Commentary on Matthew 6:24-34
Society has changed a great deal since the time of Jesus. Definitions of poverty, wealth, [...]
Commentary on Matthew 28:16-20
The arrest and crucifixion of Jesus was a deeply disorienting [...]
Commentary on Genesis 1:1—2:4a
“Community” and “relationship” are “in words” in current environmental and [...]