Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14
Maundy Thursday is the Thursday of Holy Week. This day, [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-9
There’s no denying that Jesus was a good Jew. According [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
The new covenant God makes with “the house of Israel [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-9
The two visions of hope and homecoming from Jeremiah featured by the lectionary (Jeremiah 31:7-9 [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12
“Who is the suffering servant?” I ask my masters students in the Introduction to the [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15
“Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time; [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:18-24
It could very well be that the familiarity of this passage breeds contempt, or at [...]
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
These verses stand near the beginning of part II of [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20
The book of Jeremiah is filled with tears. The devastating [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
“I know that I shall not be put to shame” (Isaiah 50:7 NRSV). The preacher [...]
