Commentary on Mark 9:30-37
Jesus goes through Galilee but he does not want anyone to know (Mark 9:30). The [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on Mark 8:27—9:8
The confession at Caesarea Philippi marks one of the high points of Peter’s discipleship. Peter [...]
Commentary on Mark 6:1-29
Jesus messes things up. He disrupts people’s perspectives of who they are and who they [...]
Commentary on Mark 5:21-43
The healings of Jairus’ daughter and of the woman suffering from a hemorrhage are stories [...]
Commentary on Mark 4:1-34
Mark 4:1-34 offers us four parables (the parables of the sower, the light and the [...]
Commentary on Mark 2:1-22
Things move quickly in the opening chapters of Mark’s account of Jesus. By the end [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:21-45
One of the striking things about Mark’s Gospel is that it is not the disciples, [...]
Commentary on Mark 1:1-20
One of the striking things about the four Gospels is that each of them seems [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:8-20 (or Matthew 2:1-12)
As I write this, the gap between God’s promises and [...]
Commentary on Luke 2:1-14 [15-20]
As you read this, I’m going to take a wild [...]