Revised Common Lectionary

Hand reaching out to touch a rough surface
Commentary on Lamentations 3:22-33

Aaaugh!  Last week, I invited the preacher to consider counter-testimony [...]

Hand reaching out to touch a rough surface
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27

Perhaps, Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” was not as [...]

Hand reaching out to touch a rough surface
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 8:7-15

How is the proclamation of the gospel related to the [...]

Hand reaching out to touch a rough surface
Commentary on Mark 5:21-43

Mark skimps on detail and storytelling flourishes—except when it doesn’t. This passage offers us one [...]

Hand reaching out to touch a rough surface
Comentario del San Marcos 5:21-43

En el evangelio de esta semana nos encontramos con dos [...]

waves in darkness
Comentario del San Marcos 4:35-41

El evangelio para este domingo no puede ser entendido si [...]

waves in darkness
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:57—18:5, 10-16

After the narrative of killing Goliath, David grows in military [...]

waves in darkness
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32

Psalm 107 begins the same way that Psalm 106 begins, [...]

waves in darkness
Commentary on Job 38:1-11

The season after Pentecost—an extended season of ordinary time—feels like Groundhog Day in the pulpit [...]

waves in darkness
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 6:1-13

This passage comes right after Paul’s majestic statements about the [...]