Commentary on Acts 16:16-34
“It’s not all about you” is a phrase used to de-center someone’s narrative. In today’s [...]
Narrative Lectionary
Commentary on Acts 9:1-19a
This story is such a powerful part of the spread of the Good News that [...]
Commentary on John 12:12-27; 19:16b-22
Context and intertext These verses in John 19 continue to [...]
Commentary on John 19:23-30
As the moment of Jesus’ death approaches in this short passage, we find two notes [...]
Commentary on John 19:31-42
As I write this, we’re approaching the 3rd anniversary of the death of Aaron, my [...]
Commentary on John 20:1-18
Mary Magdalene, whom we met at the cross in John 19:25, comes to the tomb [...]
Commentary on John 20:19-31
The references to “Doubting Thomas” cast this story in a particular light. (While there was [...]
Commentary on John 19:1-16a
The set Our text today begins with Pilate taking Jesus to be flogged, but this [...]
Commentary on John 18:28-40
Building on last week’s text, we are now working one passage at a time through [...]
Commentary on John 18:12-27
We move headlong into the Passion Narrative in this third week in Lent. Note some [...]