Second Reading

pilgrim
Commentary on 2 Corinthians 12:2-10

What is the true spiritual power? What constitutes true spiritual [...]

Sheep in paradise
Commentary on Ephesians 2:11-22

Circumcision, uncircumcision, and blood. These words all seem very abstract [...]

Coventry Cathedral - Fish
Commentary on Ephesians 3:14-21

This text comes at a hinge point in Ephesians. Chapters [...]

to cut the bread
Commentary on Ephesians 4:1-16

Ephesians 4:1 is a major hinge in the letter. Here [...]

to cut the bread
Commentary on Ephesians 4:1-16

This section of Ephesians begins a series of ethical instructions [...]

French Country Bread
Commentary on Ephesians 4:25-5:2

After the rich theological discussion of Ephesians 1-3, Paul turns [...]

French Country Bread
Commentary on Ephesians 4:25-5:2

A traditional part of the baptismal liturgy is the renouncing [...]

Wine
Commentary on Ephesians 6:10-20

With this reading, we come (almost) to the end of [...]

Wine
Commentary on Ephesians 6:10-20

As the letter to assemblies of believers in Ephesus and [...]

the last fig
Commentary on James 1:17-27

Lectionary editors do not always make the most helpful choices. James 1:17–27 exemplifies this. Rather [...]