Revised Common Lectionary

Lighthouse shining against deep blue sky
Commentary on Isaiah 9:2-7

In 1863, Prussian military analysts described war as defined by the presence of uncertainty, writing, [...]

Lighthouse shining against deep blue sky
Commentary on Titus 2:11-14

The passage taken from Titus in the lectionary today does not relate the storied details [...]

Luke 2:51
Commentary on Psalm 148

The bloom is off the rose and it is not even New Year’s Day. The tree is [...]

Luke 2:51
Commentary on Colossians 3:12-17

On the first Sunday after Christmas, it’s hard for any [...]

Luke 2:51
Commentary on 1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26

It is likely that this text shows up on the [...]

Luke 2:51
Comentario del San Lucas 2:41-52

Yo tenía cinco años cuando tomé el autobús escolar por [...]

Luke 2:51
Commentary on Luke 2:41-52

We come to the conclusion of Jesus’ birth narrative in the gospel of Luke. Jesus [...]

The Nativity (2017)
Commentary on Titus 3:4-7

The reference to Jesus’ appearance in the flesh, which accords with the feast of Christmas [...]

The Nativity (2017)
Commentary on Isaiah 62:6-12

So many choices! For Christmas Day in any of the years of the lectionary cycle, [...]

The Nativity (2017)
Commentary on Psalm 97

Christianity is, in many ways, a faith built on paradoxes. Old and New Testaments alike bear witness [...]