First Reading

Amos 5:11
Commentary on Amos 5:6-7, 10-15

“Your cancer is terminal, you have 6 months to live.” [...]

Mark 10:39
Commentary on Isaiah 53:4-12

The text we read today is central to what has come to be known as [...]

Mark 10:47
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:7-9

Jeremiah 31:7-9 is found within the part of the book interpreters call “The Book of [...]

Mark 12:31
Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:1-9

The lectionary reading for this week is the Shema, the [...]

1 Kings 17:12
Commentary on 1 Kings 17:8-16

This week’s text is one in a series of miracle stories in the books of [...]

Mark 13:2
Commentary on Daniel 12:1-3

First of all, congratulations on following the lectionary and taking the challenge to preach on [...]

2 Samuel 23:3-4
Commentary on Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14

Since the earliest churches, Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 have informed a [...]

Luke 21:28
Commentary on Jeremiah 33:14-16

God’s word can find us anywhere — even in prison, [...]

Malachi 3:1
Commentary on Malachi 3:1-4

Malachi 3:1 introduces a figure whom God calls “my messenger.” His appellative makes a curious [...]

Zephaniah 3:20
Commentary on Zephaniah 3:14-20

Rejoice! Here comes a happy prophet. We usually do not [...]