Commentary on Jeremiah 15:15-21
These verses come in the middle of the poetic material [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-5
The distance between the writer of Isaiah 55 rooted in the agrarian world and the [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18
The word disappointment is a word that all of us will get a chance to [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 51:1-6
When you listen to a choir you hear a collection of voices coming together. Isaiah [...]
Commentary on Zechariah 9:9-12
Zechariah 9:9-12 is a post-exilic prophecy of hope, perhaps best [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 55:10-13
Isaiah 55:10-13 concludes the section of Isaiah often called “Second Isaiah” (chapters 40-55) by offering [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 44:6-8
Once again this week, the lectionary invites us to reflect on God’s words of comfort [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-12
Solomon moves center stage in 1 Kings 3-11. The piety of Solomon shines in 1 [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 20:7-13
If three people say something affirming to us in a [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 28:5-9
We should not oversimplify the scene in this passage. To our after-the-fact eyes, it looks [...]