Revised Common Lectionary

Descending like a dove
Commentary on Mark 1:4-11

The account of Jesus’ baptism in the gospel of Mark is read and heard on [...]

Descending like a dove
Commentary on Psalm 29

While the pen remains mightier than the sword, neither bears quite the same dynamic power as the [...]

Descending like a dove
Commentary on Acts 19:1-7

This passages stands as one of the classic battlegrounds for debates over baptism: whether people [...]

Descending like a dove
Commentary on Genesis 1:1-5

Whenever I teach Hebrew language, I always give students Genesis 1:1-6 to read before they [...]

Descending like a dove
Comentario del San Marcos 1:4-11

El evangelio de Marcos fue escrito en un momento de [...]

they left their nets
Commentary on 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Although 21st-century Christians live as though they have a key [...]

they left their nets
Commentary on Mark 1:14-20

The opening weeks of the new year and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday are [...]

they left their nets
Commentary on Psalm 62:5-12

This Psalm is for the asylum seeker, those who seek refuge from adversaries, those who [...]

they left their nets
Comentario del San Marcos 1:14-20

Es importante recordar, por obvio que parezca, que los evangelios [...]

they left their nets
Commentary on Jonah 3:1-5, 10

Jonah, the book, is a great story with fantastical imagery, from a great fish swallowing [...]