Narrative Lectionary

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 10:1-18

The Gospel of John is the culmination of a couple of generations of recitation and [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 9:1-41

The account of Jesus healing a blind man in John 9 is one of the [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 7:37-52

There is simply no getting around it: this is a very challenging passage on several [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 6:35-59

John 6:35-59 consists of teaching by Jesus centered on his proclamation, “I am the bread [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 4:46-54

Jesus, particularly in the Fourth Gospel, would seem to have a somewhat ambivalent relationship to [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 4:1-42

Sometimes I think the way we interpret this passage says as much about us as [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 3:1-21

While the preacher is inevitably tempted to focus in this sermon on John 3:16, rightly [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 2:13-25

Any attempt to harmonize John’s version of Jesus’ demonstration in the temple in 2:13-22 with [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 2:1-11

The structure of John 2:1-11 is typical of a miracle story: the setting is established [...]

Psalm 23
Commentary on John 1:35-51

Sometimes we see a movie that wows us and we rush to tell others about [...]