Revised Common Lectionary

Children embracing with smiles
Commentary on Psalm 54

It’s difficult for folks involved in ministry to come up with the right words for every prayer [...]

Children embracing with smiles
Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31

Proverbs 31:10–31 is perhaps one of the most well known [...]

Children embracing with smiles
Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20

A phrase not uncommon in English translation among the prophets [...]

Children embracing with smiles
Commentary on Mark 9:30-37

What if we welcomed children in Jesus’ name?  On November 22, 2014, Tamir Rice, a [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on James 3:1-12

In chapters 1 and 2 the author of James has made clear that certain outward [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9

Psalm 116 is a song of thanksgiving of an individual, a poem written after a [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33

  These days—when progress for civil rights seems to be [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a

In a book full of evocative language, the servant song1 of Isaiah 50 stands out: “The [...]

Man looking sternly in rebuke
Commentary on Mark 8:27-38

Mark reintroduces the theme of discipleship by first interrogating Jesus’ identity. As is common in [...]

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

This pieced-together pericope from Proverbs offers the reader a clear [...]