Commentary on Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
The Old Testament Reading comes from the book of Leviticus [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18
What goes up, must come down. The talk this week in the lectionary readings is [...]
Commentary on Exodus 24:12-18
A central theme in the biblical traditions regards the notion of the divine presence. Biblical [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
While gallons of interpretive ink have been spilt over the [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:1-2, 12-17
The assignment of this text to Ash Wednesday, while dependent [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Tell all the truth but tell it slant — Success [...]
Commentary on Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
The lectionary reading for this first Sunday of Lent has [...]
Commentary on Genesis 12:1-4a
God unsettles Abram and Sarai, both literally and figuratively. God’s call to Abram to go [...]
Commentary on Genesis 12:1-4a
Genesis 12 is a chapter of new beginnings. Following the introductory chapters of Israel’s Urgeschichte [...]
Commentary on Exodus 17:1-7
In the biblical traditions, the wilderness is a space of depravity where people’s most basic [...]