First Reading

Sand in outstretched palm
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29

Murmuring has consequences. COVID complaints and challenges in our context [...]

Toddler reaching hand into puddle
Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20

While the use of a lectionary cycle provides preachers and [...]

Cross alongside road on mountain pass
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

The third Servant Song in Deutero-Isaiah (Isaiah 50:4-9a) probably has received less attention than its [...]

Elder adults sitting together on boardwalk
Commentary on Isaiah 35:4-7a

The lectionary text of this week is embedded in a joyful celebration of God’s definitive [...]

Dear standing in forest
Commentary on Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-9

The season that we anticipate as the COVID pandemic seems [...]

Stay Awhile sign on bookshelf
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18

Covenant renewal happens even in the season of COVID-19. The [...]

dried fish on a board
Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-6

On the surface, Proverbs 9:1-6 reads as positive instruction for those seeking to live an [...]

hands clasped in mutuality
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:4-8

Wilderness, rest, nourishment. These are the restoring practices that gave Elijah strength for the journey.   [...]

Silhouetted figures on hill at sunset
Commentary on Exodus 16:2-4, 9-15

The large narrative arc of Exodus through Judges describes the [...]

hooded figure alone on boardwalk
Commentary on Jeremiah 23:1-6

With Jeremiah it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to detect an intentional literary order (see also [...]