Revised Common Lectionary

Binding the strong man
Commentary on Mark 3:20-35

It’s happening “again.” This time Jesus is coming home. Our instincts and associations of home [...]

Binding the strong man
Commentary on Psalm 130

Psalm 130 is the eleventh of the fifteen Songs of Ascents in Book Five of the Psalter [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Commentary on Mark 4:26-34

The opening line of Mark’s gospel announces its theme about as directly as it gets: [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Comentario del San Marcos 4:26-34

El otro día mi familia y yo visitábamos el observatorio [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13

“Samuel then went to Ramah” (1 Samuel 15:34; 16:13). This [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 [11-13] 14-17

What gives us the courage to do the right thing—to [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Commentary on Ezekiel 17:22-24

Three seemingly random verses plucked from the middle of the [...]

Soon for the harvest...
Commentary on Psalm 92:1-4, 12-15

The superscription for Psalm 92 declares it to be “a [...]

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Commentary on Job 38:1-11

God’s speech from the whirlwind to Job has been a long time coming. Readers of [...]

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Commentary on Psalm 107:1-3, 23-32

Psalm 107 is a psalm of thanksgiving, extolling God for [...]