Commentary on Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
“Leaders of Sodom … People of Gomorrah!” (Isaiah 1:10): For [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 5:1-7
In the Bible’s most famous collection of love poems, an exuberant lover declares, “I have [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 1:4-10
“Don’t judge me.” The first time I heard that phrase from my (then) 8-year-old daughter, [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 2:4-13
This reading is the second of six consecutive weeks of lectionary readings from the book of [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 18:1-11
Prophets use these familial metaphors to speak about the relationship [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 4:11-12, 22-28
This reading is the fourth of six consecutive weeks of [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 8:18—9:1
What do you do when you’ve lost it all? What [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 32:1-3a, 6-15
A jailed preacher. A signed contract. Words buried in dirt. [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:27-34
After hearing Jeremiah’s unrelenting oracles of judgment earlier in September, [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
Sometimes the good news that we need to hear is [...]