First Reading

Elijah taken up to heaven
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:15-16, 19-21

The call of Elisha is not like other prophetic call [...]

Harvest in Provence
Commentary on Isaiah 66:10-14

This oracle addresses Persian period Jews in the form of pure promise. These promises are [...]

Harvest in Provence
Commentary on Isaiah 66:10-14

You know what it’s like to be bone-tired. It is to be so exhausted, mentally, [...]

The Good Samaritan
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14

A friend of my sister’s, a member of my church [...]

The Good Samaritan
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:9-14

Many Christians today seem to assume that keeping God’s law [...]

Cold Spring
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23

Beyond this text, the treasure that is Ecclesiastes appears for [...]

Cold Spring
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14, 2:18-23

What has been is what will be,and what has been [...]

Visit of Three Angels
Commentary on Genesis 18:1-10a

Genesis 18 occupies the place of the First Lesson for [...]

Visit of Three Angels
Commentary on Genesis 18:1-10a

When I was a child, one of my family’s common [...]

Blind Man's Meal
Commentary on Proverbs 9:1-6

On the wall of the bedroom that my younger brother and I shared was a [...]