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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 (...)

The speaker is Isaiah (“my”; 5:1, 9); the prophet speaks in the first person for the first time. The “beloved,” the owner of the vineyard, is God and the “vineyard” is Israel (5:7). After speaking (...)

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? Jesus used another parable with another landowner (...)

Isaiah 25:1-9 begins with a hymn of praise to a victorious God. The opening phrases (“you are my God; I will exalt you”) allude to the ancient “Song of Sea” from Exodus, when the Lord (...)