Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33

This is the first time that Wisdom, personified as a [...]

Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9

In the lectionary portion of Psalm 116, we do not get to the question of [...]

Commentary on Mark 8:27-38

Last week, we began a three week exploration of the question: “What if?“ A big [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

What is the meaning of suffering? This is one of the most profound questions that [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 35:4-7a

In many of our churches, we tend to align salvation with God’s grace, themes that [...]

Commentary on Psalm 146

As I have done with the previous three Psalm lections, I again tie the theme of worship [...]

Commentary on James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17

The second chapter of James offers a far-reaching treatment of [...]

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

Tradition assigns authorship of three biblical books to Solomon. The [...]

Commentary on Mark 7:24-37

In the next three weeks, we’ll look at three texts from Mark in which a [...]

Commentary on Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23

Three things right off the bat: First, no jokes about [...]