Exodus
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Blood on the door (Exodus 12:1-14)
The lamb’s blood isn’t insurance against the wrath of God. It is a proclamation of fealty.
September 3, Ordinary 22A (Exodus 3:1–15)
We see what we focus on—and what we focus on determines what we do not see.
Wind: Essays by readers
We gave our readers a one-word writing prompt: “Wind.”
March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
A mosaic of story
What if we did asystematic theology?
Golden Calf and consuming fire
“One day,” says Avivah Zornberg, “I had a flash of insight about Leviticus as a whole.”
Avivah Zornberg finds the plot of Leviticus
The eclectic scholar masterfully uncovers the subterranean threads and tensions that underlie this nonnarrative text.
Learning from Passover without co-opting it (Exodus 12:1-14)
How can these values be lived out in our traditions and in our assemblies?
Shiny things (Exodus 34:29-35)
The story of Moses’ descent from Mount Sinai should be paired with the story before it.
October 3, Ordinary 27B (Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12)
Israel’s claim that all people are created in God’s image is strikingly egalitarian.
How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire
They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression.
How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire
They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression.
“Dad, why does Deuteronomy 20 talk about killing the boys and girls?”
My daughter wants to know. Even as a biblical scholar, I don’t have a good answer.
April 4, Easter Day B (Mark 16:1-8)
It’s Easter. Step into the future.
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
Immigration law and the politics of disgust
How Pharaoh treated the Hebrews and how the US has treated my people
A tent for outdoor worship
The stark liturgical space that Harvard Episcopal chaplain Rita Powell envisioned before COVID is now a reality.