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Discussion on texts for Passion Sunday (Mar. 20, 2016): (Gospel) Luke 22:14–23:56; (Alt. Gospel: Palm Procession) Luke 19:28-40; (First Reading) Isaiah 50:4-9a; (Psalm) Psalm 31:9-16; (Second Reading) Philippians 2:5-11.

I spent a week last month in Kisumu, Kenya, seven miles south of the equator on Lake Victoria, preaching and teaching about creation care for the Africa Inland Church, an evangelical denomination founded a century (...)

Emphasis on food in many of this month’s readings underscores its centrality for human life both physical and spiritual. From Joel’s locust plague that devastated crops to Isaiah’s “acceptable fast” honoring the poor, the Ash (...)

This article is the third in a four-part series for those who read Scripture in worship (or those who help prepare lectors). Watch the accompanying videos. Not only are we to proclaim the Word with (...)

Discussion on texts for Christ the King/Reign of Christ(Nov. 22, 2015): (Gospel) John 18:33-37; (First Reading) Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; (Semicontinuous First Reading) 2 Samuel 23:1-7; Psalm 93; (Second Reading) Revelation 1:4b-8.

Fertility of both soil and womb concerned many biblical writers in an era of threat by drought and disease, as seen this month especially in the stories of Ruth and Hannah, as well as in (...)

Discussion on texts for Twenty-second Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 30; Oct. 25, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 10:46-52; (First Reading) Jeremiah 31:7-9; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Psalm 126; (Second Reading) Hebrews 7:23-28.

Discussion on texts for Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost (Ordinary 28; Oct. 11, 2015): (Gospel) Mark 10:17-31; (First Reading) Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; (Semicontinuous First Reading) Job 23:1-9, 16-17; Psalm 90:12-17; (Second Reading) Hebrews 4:12-16.

The biblical patriarch Job, a well-respected community leader, is easy for prosperous U.S. Christians to identify with. He is one of us, wealthy and successful in a stratified society. We too may believe virtue has (...)

Speaking the truth from your heart. There’s a concept. Welcome back to Mark after five weeks in John 6 and is this ever an appropriate place for reentry into Mark. Mark doesn’t mess around. Short, (...)