Commentary on Acts 1:1-11
Forty days after Easter in the liturgical calendar is a festival day, the Ascension of [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Acts 16:9-15
Placed by the Spirit Life in the Spirit is a wild ride. John 3:8 tells [...]
Commentary on Acts 11:1-18
Since much in Acts 11:1–18 repeats what has already occurred in the preceding narrative (10:1–48), [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:36-43
Miracles are extraordinary events.1 In this text Peter performs the miracle par excellence—the raising of [...]
Commentary on Acts 9:1-6 [7-20]
It is strange how little airtime the conversion of Saul [...]
Commentary on Acts 5:27-32
The story of the apostles’ trial before the Sanhedrin comes on the heels of their [...]
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43
From early in life we are encouraged to make choices and develop preferences; we begin [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12
Dawn comes while shadows still linger in the sky, and [...]
Commentary on Exodus 12:1-4 [5-10] 11-14
These verses, the institution of the Passover, are the appointed [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 50:4-9a
Experiences of shame, bullying, or malicious discrediting usually leave people with a sense of humiliation, [...]