Commentary on Mark 10:17-31
Nearly irresistible is the urge to soften this passage’s demands. That urge has been around [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
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 [...]
Commentary on Mark 10:2-16
Mark’s original readers probably found Jesus’ uncompromising statements about divorce and remarriage as challenging and [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:18-24
The book of Genesis begins with two different but complementary stories of God’s creation of [...]
Commentary on Job 1:1; 2:1-10
During the month of October (Pentecost 18-21), we are treated to a rare opportunity–a run [...]
Commentary on Psalm 8
A problem with our hearing of Psalm 8, as with so many other biblical texts, may be [...]
Commentary on Mark 9:38-50
Coming from the villages of Caesarea Philippi where Jesus first announced his suffering, rejection, death, [...]
