Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
A joyful celebration of the transfer of the ark Celebrations [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
This reading combines three different genres: a brief narrative about [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
Perhaps, Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” was not as [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:57—18:5, 10-16
After the narrative of killing Goliath, David grows in military [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:34—16:13
The verse that states that YHWH “was sorry that he [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 8:4-11 [12-15] 16-20; [11:14-15]
So many questions! How is [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 3:1-10 [11-20]
The Samuel narrative continues in this account of his prophetic [...]
Commentary on Judges 4:1-7
It is mind-boggling but true: this is the only passage from the book of Judges [...]
Commentary on Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25
The book of Joshua concludes with two final speeches (23:1-16; [...]
Commentary on Joshua 3:7-17
This summer I waded across a short stretch of the Rio Chama in the depths [...]