Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7
The signature events in the book of Exodus are exodus and Sinai, respectively: crossing the [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Genesis 12:1-4a
Like many who preach the lectionary calendar, I’ve encountered the beginning story of the ancestral [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
As I write this biblical reflection—more theological and historical, likely—I [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
This text for Ash Wednesday skips from verse 2 down [...]
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18
I have stood looking onto the horizon at sunset in Sedona, Arizona. I saw what [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 58:1-9a [9b-12]
Though the context is postexilic, the voice of First Isaiah [...]
Commentary on Micah 6:1-8
The prophet Micah places the mountains, the hills, and the foundations of the earth as [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 9:1-4
The Season of Epiphany characteristically focuses on light. One of its flagship texts comes from [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 49:1-7
Recapitulating many of the themes articulated in Isaiah 40–48, Isaiah 49:1–7 confirms the Servant’s identity [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 42:1-9
In Isaiah 42:1–9, God presents the servant as “my chosen, in whom my soul delights” [...]