First Reading

The Poor Invited to the Feast
Commentary on Proverbs 25:6-7

This brief reading appears in a collection of instructions that seems in large part directed [...]

Delicate - Artisanal Hands X
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20

This Pentecost text has commonly been considered the conclusion to [...]

Delicate - Artisanal Hands X
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20

After what is surely one of the longest sermons in [...]

Lost Drachma
Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14

I suggest we discontinue referring to this text as the “golden calf” incident and begin [...]

Lost Drachma
Commentary on Exodus 32:7-14

The exchange between the LORD and Moses in Exodus 32:7–14 follows Israel’s greatest moment of [...]

Rich and Poor, or, War and Peace
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7

The Theological Context of Amos 8:4-7: Justice This week’s Old Testament lesson from the prophet Amos offers [...]

Rich and Poor, or, War and Peace
Commentary on Amos 8:4-7

The old truism that “pride goes before the fall” (Proverbs 16:18) is, at least for Amos, gospel [...]

Lazarus waiting at the door
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7

The Old Testament reading of this Sunday is from the prophet Amos, as it was [...]

Lazarus waiting at the door
Commentary on Amos 6:1a, 4-7

When we think of the prophet Amos there is a tendency to emphasize the outsider [...]

The Mulberry Tree
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

The heading for the book of Habakkuk reads: “The oracle [...]