Welcome to Exodus! Where Genesis is about God’s creating the world and then covenanting with a particular people, Exodus is about the liberation of that people after they become enslaved by the Egyptians. Exodus also follows the Israelites’ subsequent search for the land promised to them by God. In our passage today, we find out [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Proper 16, Year A, 2008
24Aug08Proper 15, Year A, 2008
17Aug08Here we are. We have arrived at the end of Genesis. Well, not the real end of Genesis, but we have gone as far as the lectionary is going to take us. I encourage you to go back and re-read Genesis in its entirety. The lectionary does not cover every story and has a particular [...]
Proper 14, Year A, 2008
10Aug08As we have been studying the family of Abraham over the last few months, you might have noticed a few patterns emerge.
All three generations of women struggled with barrenness and then were blessed with children.
All three patriarchs go on some kind of journey.
And, as we see in our passage today, every generation had serious problems [...]
