Commentary on Proverbs 31:10-31
This familiar passage tends to draw a strong response, either [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom is introduced to the reader as a female character [...]
Commentary on Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23
The book of Proverbs includes a collection of folk wisdom [...]
Commentary on Song of Solomon 2:8-13
The Song of Songs is a celebration of erotic love, [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 11:1-15
Every week, a small group of seminarians and professors meet [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 7:1-14a
“I am living in a house of cedar, but the [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19
Since the pulp-patron saint of archaeologists, Dr. Henry “Indiana” Jones, [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10
This pericope focuses on David’s coronation and capture of Jerusalem. [...]
Commentary on 2 Samuel 1:1, 17-27
David’s lament over the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, a [...]
Commentary on 1 Samuel 17:[1a, 4-11, 19-23] 32-49
The story of David slaying Goliath, violent though it is, [...]