Commentary on Job 42:1-6, 10-17
In some ways I kind of hate the ending of [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Mark 10:46-52
Bartimaeus is the paragon of faith in Mark’s Gospel, which makes it more than mildly [...]
Commentary on Hebrews 7:23-28
How can this text from Hebrews, an obscure writing in thought and language, compete with [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-9
This lection is quite short, a snippet from within a larger literary context. Such snippets, [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:35-45
This passage plays a key role in the Gospel according to Mark’s understanding of why [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12
The central movement of the Suffering Servant poem in Isaiah 53:4-12 is from humiliation to [...]
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, [...]