Commentary on Job 42:1-6, 10-17
In the opening chapters of the book of Job, a [...]
Alternate First Reading
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 [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:1-4 [5-7] 8-15a
This chapter is well represented in the lectionary, and provides [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14
Elijah is one of only two people in the Old [...]
Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-14
The story of the healing of Naaman is about entitlement, power, and pride. It is [...]
