To receive these posts by e-mail each Monday, sign up. For more commentary on this week's readings, see the Reflections on the Lectionary page, which includes Kendall's current Living by the Word ...

The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. The outgoing 44th president, Barack Obama, spoke of King in both his Democratic National Convention nomination acceptance and victory ...

Indeed, King’s prophetic vision ultimately invited his martyrdom. But through the prophetic preaching tradition already well established by his time, King brought people of every tribe, class and ...

To what can the matter be likened? To that of the king’s cook, who knows the amount of the outlays of the king, for his table.’ ...