Commentary on Genesis 15:1-6
To understand the divine promises to Abraham here in Genesis 15, it is helpful to [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23
It is the beginning of August. You are two-and-a-half months [...]
Commentary on Genesis 18:20-32
What I love about this passage is the way in [...]
Commentary on Genesis 18:1-10a
This passage (Genesis 18:1-10) has literally become iconic: the fifteenth [...]
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14
The single-minded focus on the law in the book of [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 66:10-14
Everything about this final chapter of Isaiah heralds God’s sovereignty. From the opening portrait of [...]
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21
At first glance this passage appears as a story of [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 65:1-9
Isaiah 65 begins with images of a long-suffering, patient deity. The emphasis here (in verses [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:26—12:10, 13-15
To make sense of the lectionary text, we have to [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
Joel 2:1 commands the blowing of the shofar. This is [...]
