Narrative Lectionary

Reed
Commentary on Luke 7:18-35

This week’s story begins with a reminder of Jesus’ miraculous acts up until this point: [...]

Jesus absolves the penitent sinner
Commentary on Luke 7:36-50

As we saw two weeks ago with the reference to compassion as a counter-cultural “suffering-with,” [...]

Hand plough
Commentary on Luke 9:28-45

In last week’s story, Jesus’ identity was questioned. This week’s passage focuses on Jesus’ identity [...]

Hand plough
Commentary on Luke 9:51-62

At this point in Luke’s Gospel we’re only just over a third of the way [...]

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 [...]