Commentary on Mark 7:24-37
The key dynamics of this story seem easy enough to grasp. A tired and exhausted [...]
Revised Common Lectionary
Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
The selection from Proverbs 22 bridges two major sections of [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 35:4-7a
Why the lectionary excerpts only three and a half verses from Isaiah 35’s cohesive ten-verse [...]
Commentary on Psalm 146
Psalm 146 opens a collection of five hallelujah psalms at the end of the book of Psalms [...]
Commentary on James 2:1-10 [11-13] 14-17
The exposition in last week’s passage, James 1:17-27, can strike [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33
Proverbs 1 contains the first of three longer speeches given [...]
Commentary on Psalm 116:1-9
The 17th Sunday after Pentecost is the only instance of Psalm 116:1-9 as a Sunday [...]
Commentary on Mark 8:27-38
Jesus’ disciples are undergoing a very intense apprenticeship with Jesus, and it is about to [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
The NBC family of networks has since 1989 carried a series of Public Service Announcements [...]
Commentary on James 3:1-12
Metaphors abound in James 3:1-12, and these can often obscure the point that James is [...]
