Narrative Lectionary

Commentary on Acts 13:1-3; 14:8-18

Acts is not just a historical narrative of the early [...]

Commentary on Acts 10:1-17, 34-35

The world changed, and few seemed to notice. The extended [...]

Commentary on Matthew 28:16-20

How do you conclude a Gospel? ? How do you [...]

Commentary on Matthew 28:1-10

When I was a child, I expected to wake up on Easter morning to find [...]

Commentary on Matthew 27:27-61

Researchers have been exploring the power of writing and re-writing [...]

Commentary on Matthew 26:17-30

About a year or two ago, I remember reading about [...]

Commentary on Matthew 21:1-17

Modern people swim in a sea of “spectacle,” that is, the use of compelling or [...]

Commentary on Matthew 25:31-46

Scholars often identify this story not as a parable, but [...]

Commentary on Matthew 25:1-13

On its face this parable seems straightforward enough, especially if we read it through the [...]

Commentary on Matthew 22:1-14

More than a few elements in Matthew’s story of the wedding feast seem way over [...]