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A Holy Kiss

Deuteronomy 34:1-12 / The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost

It has been a long journey over these last several weeks as we’ve traced the story of the Exodus, this creation story of the people of God, from their bondage in Egypt, their escape from Pharaoh’s armies, and their years in the desert wilderness learning who God is and who they are.

I Will Go with You

Exodus 33:12-23 / The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost

Within this larger story of the relationship between God and God’s people in the Exodus that we have been tracing over these many weeks, is the story of the smaller, more intimate relationship between God and Moses. In fact, the relationship between God and Moses and the intimacy they share is really unparalleled in scripture, save for perhaps Mary in the Gospel of Luke. Ellen Davis, a wonderful Biblical scholar, has said that “if God has a best friend (and why not?) then surely it is Moses.”[1]