Commentary on Amos 7:7-15
“You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting,” mocks [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Ezekiel 2:1-5
Preachers may “understand” this text too quickly — as in, Yes, I get it: The [...]
Commentary on Lamentations 3:22-33
What if the center cannot hold, as William Butler Yeats [...]
Commentary on Job 38:1-11
The book of Job, like the lament psalms, serves to keep us honest. There are [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 17:22-24
In this text, Ezekiel gives us yet another of the [...]
Commentary on Genesis 3:8-15
Reading the Genesis 3 text in light of Jesus’ confrontations with people who thought he [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 6:1-8
Holy Trinity Sunday is the First Sunday after Pentecost, ushering in the season when the [...]
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21
The less closely one reads this pericope, the easier it is to preach! The Spirit [...]
Commentary on Acts 1:15-17, 21-26
Our lection today is the first recorded faith crisis of [...]
Commentary on Acts 10:44-48
This is the best kind of transition: it’s tight, provocative, and suggestive of the theme [...]