Psalm

Commentary on Psalm 30

Psalm 30 frames the struggles of the life of faith within a glorious edifice: the Jerusalem Temple, [...]

Commentary on Psalm 46

As always, preaching for a festival of the church brings competing goods: Do we preach the text [...]

Commentary on Psalm 148

Praise songs for Christmas! God forbid? In the so-called “worship wars,” traditionalists have been heard to grumble [...]

Commentary on Psalm 97

On Christmas Day, when families in pajamas unwrap gifts under their trees, monks in monasteries all around [...]

Commentary on Psalm 116:1-2, 12-19

Psalm 116 is a thanksgiving psalm. These hymns were sung [...]

Commentary on Psalm 51:1-17

Psalm 51 lays bare the depths of the human condition and the equally profound need [...]

Commentary on Psalm 8

“Are We Alone?” asks the December 2009 issue of National Geographic, against the backdrop of a sky [...]

Commentary on Psalm 80:1-7

On the last Sunday in Advent, we end where we began: with lament. Psalm 80 [...]

Commentary on Isaiah 12:2-6

Many of us have a greater appreciation for water lately. The drought of 2012 left [...]

Commentary on Luke 1:68-79

The Song of Zechariah heralds the dawning of the light of Jesus on all who [...]