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This text is familiar to us from its use in the gospel accounts of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem; however, it presents a number of puzzles for the preacher to solve. First, one might wonder why (...)

After two harrowing stories — the near-deaths of both Ishmael and Isaac — today we have a love story, a love story that has been foreshadowed already in the account of the sacrifice of Isaac.  (...)

There is an old hymn that testifies, “Jesus calls us o’er the tumult of our life’s wild, restless sea.” In the Gospel reading this week, Jesus indeed calls to his disciples in the midst of (...)

The lectionary does us no favors by splitting Romans 11 into an opening question followed by the tail end of an answer. If this pericope is read aloud, most hearers will not know to whom (...)

As I write this commentary, I am only 2 weeks removed from the events of June 5, 2014.  On that day a gunman with a history of mental illness, stepped onto the campus of the (...)

A cloud holds water, promise of rain and sustenance. It presages storm. It can obscure from view the heavens and the workings of God; it can form a barrier in which none can find their (...)

One traditional interpretation of the parable has been to focus on 20:16 (“the last will be first,” etc.) and to insist on understanding the parable as a statement about the gift of eternal life, as (...)

What should proper care of a vineyard look like? What should tenant farmers who lease the land give back to the one who owns all of the land?1 Jesus used another parable with another landowner (...)

The words of the Decalogue are for many so familiar and even ingrained in memory that we can easily fool ourselves into thinking their meaning is transparent, a simple guide to life in communion with (...)

Viñedos, edificios, piedras… Jesús usa una variedad de imágenes para representar el reino de los cielos y las actitudes de sus habitantes. En esta lectura une dos tipos de imagen: el viñedo, relacionado con la (...)