First Reading

Abraham and Isaac
Commentary on Jeremiah 28:5-9

Which way is up? The answer to that question would appear obvious, but not so [...]

Sower went out to sow
Commentary on Isaiah 55:10-13

Second Isaiah begins with the word “Comfort!” in 40:1. Through the following fifteen chapters the [...]

Sower went out to sow
Commentary on Isaiah 55:10-13

These last few verses of Isaiah 55 offer an image of new creation with the [...]

Jacob's Ladder
Commentary on Isaiah 44:6-8

Isaiah 44:6-8 occurs in a section of Second Isaiah (chapters 41-44) in which the prophet’s [...]

Jacob's Ladder
Commentary on Isaiah 44:6-8

The prophet’s preaching is focused on God’s being. Who is this Yhwh in a world [...]

The Hidden Treasure
Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-12

Two ears, one mouth. We should listen twice as much as we talk, so they [...]

The Hidden Treasure
Commentary on 1 Kings 3:5-12

“Ask me, what would you like me to give you?” Solomon is at the crucial [...]

Bread and Fish
Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-5

Revivalism heavily influenced the Christian tradition in which I was raised and in which I [...]

Bread and Fish
Commentary on Isaiah 55:1-5

The prologue to Isaiah in the 14th century Wycliffe Bible asserts that the prophet is [...]

Disciples See Christ Walking on the Water
Commentary on 1 Kings 19:9-18

This text may pose the same problem for you that it poses for me. If [...]