This new commentary focuses on preaching justice themes from lectionary texts. Each author deals with five texts: Gospel, Epistle, two Old Testament readings and two psalms. My essays are on the lectionary texts for the same Sunday in the three-year cycle: Proper 18: Years A, B and C.
Based on the Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School this book explores how biblical texts mark our times in history and how our times mark the texts. Three texts are explored in depth: the Shunnamite woman in II Kings 4, the rich man who comes to Jesus in Mark, and the Ethiopian eunuch baptized on a desert road in Acts 8.
This Lenten devotional includes reflections for each day from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday for Year C of the lectionary. Traveling on Holy Ground includes a Bible citation, a brief Bible reading, a meditation, and a short prayer. It is intended for individual use and geared toward adults.
Matthew‘s resurrection story pictures an angel rolling away the stone and sitting down on it, transforming the stone of death into a resurrection pulpit. The image of stones moves through the book with a focus on how to help preachers tend to and move through resistance from listeners.