Commentary on Genesis 25:19-34
Our lectionary text for today starts with the reference that [...]
Alternate First Reading
Commentary on Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Genesis 24 constitutes an expansive narrative regarding the quest of [...]
Commentary on Genesis 22:1-14
The near-sacrifice of Isaac, or the Akedah as it is called in the Jewish tradition, [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 65:17-25
Isaiah invites us into a theological vision of what life can be for God’s faithful [...]
Commentary on Haggai 1:15b-2:9
The co-temporal prophets Haggai and Zechariah mark a shift in [...]
Commentary on Habakkuk 1:1-4, 2:1-4
When have the sainted people to whom you preach ever [...]
Commentary on Joel 2:23-32
The prophet Joel writes in response to an ecological disaster, a plague of locusts that [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 31:27-34
The promise of a “new covenant” in this passage may [...]
Commentary on Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7
It was for all intents and purposes the end of [...]
Commentary on Lamentations 1:1-6
National tragedies threaten to render communities speechless. The collective grief [...]
