Revised Common Lectionary

Commentary on Acts 4:5-12

How quickly things can change, and how differently people can interpret the same event! Last [...]

Commentary on John 10:11-18

In a Gospel text that uses pastoral images of sheep and shepherd, the contemporary preacher [...]

Commentary on 1 John 3:16-24

This epistle, really a sermon, was written for a community that defined itself over and [...]

Commentary on Psalm 4

Psalm 4 is good for what ails you. People are troubled about many things, but God ‘puts [...]

Commentary on Luke 24:36b-48

When viewed within the confines of Luke 24, this text presents the third of three [...]

Commentary on 1 John 3:1-7

For the six Sundays of Eastertide, the lectionary gives us the opportunity to examine some [...]

Commentary on Acts 3:12-19

When the risen Jesus was exalted to God’s right hand, he poured out the Holy [...]

Commentary on Psalm 133

Psalm 133 is a Song of Ascents–a song for going up to a high place. For the [...]

Commentary on John 20:19-31

Year in and year out, the gospel lesson for the second Sunday of Easter is [...]

Commentary on Acts 4:32-35

For the early church depicted in Acts, the resurrection of Christ is less a creedal [...]