Alternate First Reading

If it seems to you that the passage from Isaiah has cropped up recently, you [...]

Two Sundays ago, the lectionary included a reading from Isaiah in which God condemns the [...]

We are accustomed to talking about the “sacrifice of Isaac,” but this story could be [...]

We are accustomed to talking about the “sacrifice of Isaac,” but this story could be [...]

After two harrowing stories — the near-deaths of both Ishmael [...]

After two harrowing stories — the near-deaths of both Ishmael [...]

There is a Yiddish folk tale that goes something like this: Why did God not [...]

There is a Yiddish folk tale that goes something like this: Why did God not [...]

In the reading for this week, one of the most [...]