Narrative Lectionary

Stoning of St. Stephen
Commentary on Acts 6:1—7:2a, 44-60

When I was growing up in church, the Acts of [...]

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Commentary on Genesis 39:1-23

In reading the story of Joseph in Potiphar’s house, in which Potiphar’s wife tries to [...]

March of the Children of Israel toward the Promised Land
Commentary on Exodus 14:5-7, 10-14, 21-29

The long walk to freedom, to paraphrase Nelson Mandela, is [...]

Moses receiving the law
Commentary on Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17

It is easy, and perhaps tempting, for Christians to try [...]

[H]e took a large stone, and set it up there under the oak. - Joshua 24:26
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-15 [16-26]

Joshua 24 is a famous text, mostly for verse 15, [...]

Woman before the Rising Sun
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-5, 26-27; 12:1-9; Psalm 51:1-9

The appearance of this text [...]

Judgment of Solomon
Commentary on 1 Kings 3:4-9 [10-15] 16-28

This week’s passage from 1 Kings 3 introduces Solomon from [...]

Naaman is cured from leprosy
Commentary on 2 Kings 5:1-15a

This week’s text has multiple possibilities for preaching, and each of them might be embedded [...]

and to walk humbly with your God?
Commentary on Micah [1:3-5]; 5:2-5a; 6:6-8

A very important starting point for us preachers is to [...]

Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares
Commentary on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; then 2:1-4

The narrative account in Isaiah [...]