Commentary on Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
Hope sprouts from the ruins The passage begins with an [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11
The passage begins with an insistent double imperative: Comfort! Comfort! The intimacy and compassion that [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 64:1-9
A cry of misery. An appeal for mercy These verses are part of a larger [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
The Times They Are A-Changin’ These days at the end [...]
Commentary on Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18
My wife and I attended a Scottish Episcopal church in [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:18-24
It doesn’t go well for the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Unlike Judah her neighbor to [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:31-34
On this Reformation Sunday, we hear words of promise from [...]
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
This year, at least for many, Pentecost 20 is also Reformation Sunday, but we really [...]
Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 15-18
Preachers really should talk about Leviticus, since it can cause [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 45:1-7
“I form light and create darkness, I make weal and create woe; I the Lord [...]