Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7
The prophet Isaiah composes a coronation hymn for a not yet fully-grown King. These familiar [...]
First Reading
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16
A new king has a grand idea to build a [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
The passage begins with an announcement of divine presence and [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11
Isaiah 40:1-11 is one of the most important texts in all of Isaiah.1 The narrative [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 64:1-9
When my son, Christopher, was a boy, I took him to Toys-R-Us, and he got [...]
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17
Prior to the opening of the dreaded seventh seal, Revelation [...]
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
Lectionary texts are like photographs: when they are cropped and framed in certain ways, our [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:18-24
How would a typical congregation feel if the members truly heard these words of the [...]
Commentary on Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18
In Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18, the audience is jarred out of [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
The connection between justice and care is often lost in [...]