Commentary on Isaiah 40:1-11
This lection vibrates with the infectious energy of change. Brooking neither argument nor hesitation, a [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Isaiah 52:7-10
“Beauty” is a word in the English language that gets used a lot to talk [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 62:6-12
Isaiah 62:6–12 is a text written in the wake of military and societal defeat. Even [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7
A royal birth heralds liberation. This new beginning marks an end to domination and war. [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 64:1-9
We are, all of us, impure, rags soaked in blood (Isaiah 64:6).1 We are, all of [...]
Commentary on Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
The Revised Common Lectionary has selected two handfuls of verses [...]
Commentary on Zephaniah 1:7, 12-18
The verses included in this pericope center around the Day [...]
Commentary on Revelation 7:9-17
Sandwiched between the opening of the sixth and seventh seals, [...]
Commentary on Amos 5:18-24
A brilliant ironist, Amos reverses his audience’s expectations at every turn in the book that [...]
Commentary on Micah 3:5-12
What would our lives be like without the prophetic word?¹ A life without vision: no [...]