Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31
The Lectionary parsing of Proverbs 31 is unfortunate; without the [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Mark 9:30-37
Mark’s intercalations (also known as “sandwiches”) are well known (e.g., Mark 5:21-43). Mark also places [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 11:18-20
According to tradition, Jeremiah is “the weeping prophet.” It is [...]
Commentary on Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
In the language of literary analysis, chapter 7 is the [...]
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
These verses stand near the beginning of part II of [...]
Commentary on Mark 9:38-50
This story comes as Jesus heads toward Jerusalem. Throughout Mark 8–10, Jesus struggles to turn [...]
Commentary on James 5:13-20
Whenever I think of James’ picture of the poisonous tongue (James 3:1-12), I think of [...]
Commentary on Psalm 19:7-14
C.S. Lewis called Psalm 19 “the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the [...]
Commentary on Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29
No sooner have the Israelites set out from Mount Sinai [...]
Commentary on Esther 7:1-6, 9-10; 9:20-22
Preaching from the book of Esther is not for the [...]
