Commentary on Job 1:1; 2:1-10
Most readers come to the book of Job with the issue of theodicy at the [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Job 23:1-9, 16-17
The previous week’s lectionary reading recalled the introductory chapters in [...]
Commentary on Job 38:1-7 [34-41]
After the two introductory chapters in the book of Job, [...]
Commentary on Job 42:1-6, 10-17
In the opening chapters of the book of Job, a [...]
Commentary on Ruth 1:1-18
The book of Ruth is a gritty story about poverty, loss, risk, and survival. To [...]
Commentary on Ruth 3:1-5; 4:13-17
The book of Ruth’s gritty beginning eventually finds its way [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 1:4-20
The saga of the kings of Israel begins in an unlikely way with the story [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 23:1-7
On this Christ the King Sunday, we hear about the ideal king from the “sweet [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 58:1-12
Ash Wednesday carries with it an annual tension between empty, external and genuine, radical acts [...]
Commentary on Genesis 11:1-9
This text is offered as an alternative First Reading for the Day of Pentecost, with [...]
