In the latter part of Exodus 3, the Lord reveals his plan to rescue the Israelites from Egypt and lead them to...
Yesterday I began to reflect on the name of God. At the burning bush, when Moses asked God about his name, God responded by saying that his name was I AM WHO I...
When God promised to be with Moses in his mission to free the Israelites from Egypt, Moses anticipated his reception among his people, and he was concerned: “If I go to the people...
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In yesterday’s post, I reflected on Moses’ hesitation when God sent him to deliver the Israelites from Egypt. I wondered if, considering the proposal of Robert McKenna in Dying to Lead, a certain...
When we left off in Exodus, Moses had just come upon the burning bush in the wilderness. God had spoken to him, conveying the good news that he had heard the cries of...
At first glance, Exodus 3:7-8 contains great news. The Lord has seen the mistreatment of his people. He has heard their cries and knows their suffering. For this reason, he has chosen to rescue...
Psalm 34:8 invites us to “taste and see that the LORD is good.” This leads me to wonder how I can take the psalmist up on his offer. How can I taste God...
In King Lear, Shakespeare’s Gloucester says, “I stumbled when I saw.” Newly blind, he recognizes his old way of seeing the world led to his fall from courtly power. Behind him stands the...
I want to stay with the theme “When No One Is Watching” for another day, because it touches upon a crucial issue in our time of history. In our mobile, technological society, we...
Surely in the story of Moses' killing of the brutal slave master we see some of his honorable qualities, such as his loyalty to his people and his anger over injustice. But we...
When I was a boy, this story was a Sunday School favorite. After all, the main characters were children, like me. One floated in a basket that begged to be imitated with construction...
Cedar Waxwings are brownish birds with black masks and pale yellow bellies. They are frugivorous—fruit eaters. Those bellies of pale yellow are full of berries! And sometimes those berries...
Pharaoh’s attempt to squelch the flourishing of the Israelites by enslaving them and mistreating them did not work. So he devised an even harsher policy: If the Hebrew midwives helped a woman to...
I wonder how many times parents and children have played out something like the following scenario. A girl wants to go outside and play with her friends. Her mother says she has to...
A Word of ExplanationSo far in these Daily Reflections, we’ve considered Genesis, Matthew, Isaiah, and Romans. My basic pattern is to move from the Old Testament to the New Testament, back to the...
During a summer retreat at Laity Lodge in 2008, Lauren Winner sat down with one of our editors from TheHighCalling.org, Marcus Goodyear, for a conversation about spiritual practices and holistic...
I love watching football highlights. I'm not supposed to admit that, I know. It's a bit of a betrayal to women everywhere who loathe this season for the temporary widowhood it imposes.This time...
