First Reading

Hands Across the Divide
Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:15-20

It’s time to make a choice. Today is decision day. [...]

St. Martin and the Beggar
Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18

The book of Leviticus is a minefield full of topics [...]

St. Martin and the Beggar
Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18

The Old Testament Reading comes from the book of Leviticus [...]

Transfiguration
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18

What goes up, must come down. The talk this week in the lectionary readings is [...]

Transfiguration
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18

A central theme in the biblical traditions regards the notion of the divine presence. Biblical [...]

Ash to Ash
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

While gallons of interpretive ink have been spilt over the [...]

Ash to Ash
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17

The assignment of this text to Ash Wednesday, while dependent [...]

Christ in the Desert
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success [...]

Christ in the Desert
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7

The lectionary reading for this first Sunday of Lent has [...]

Nicodemus and Jesus on a Rooftop
Commentary on Genesis 12:1-4a

God unsettles Abram and Sarai, both literally and figuratively. God’s call to Abram to go [...]