Go Out In Joy
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Do Emperors Get to Define “Great?” (opens the original)
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We’ve been walking through the early chapters of Exodus; in today’s section, even though the text says Moses is 80 years old, we’re still just getting started in this story.Go Out In Joy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<input clas
Tell Me More Moses (opens the original)
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Good questions are not necessarily the ones that are easily answered but ones that open doors to deeper searching—with or without the guarantee of tidy, packaged answers at the end. And when we enter into a relationship with anyone we had better ask good questions—even a deity. Throughout the book of Exodus the people will continually wrestle to understand, “Who is this God?”Go Out In Joy is a reader-supported publication. To
Activism, Ambiguity, and Ambush (opens the original)
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A few weeks ago I went to see the new Spiderman movie—I promise I won’t give any spoilers :) We really enjoyed it, and like many stories all around us, it follows recognizable beats that echo the “hero’s journey” (such as an initial struggle, call to leave home, training with a guide, main trials or conflict, return home changed in order to help others). Whether it’s Spiderman, Luke Skywalker, Odysseus, Moana, or Moses, heroes go through transformation. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-im
Ordinary Women Risking on Goodness (opens the original)
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Who on earth likes RISK? Now I haven’t met very many people who like the board game RISK, but that’s not what I’m talking about. Most of us don’t like actual risk in our lives, and I always think about risk when I begin reading Exodus, because people risk a lot in these first couple chapters. So what are the names of these risky characters?The book of Exodus begins with the phrase, “And these are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt…” The name of the book of Exodus in Hebrew is
So what is “salvation” anyway? (opens the original)
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I am going to share a mini-series on Exodus in the coming weeks, and I want to start with this question: What does Exodus have to do with salvation? Some might remember that Jesus’ death and resurrection happened on Passover (and not on Yom Kippur). Others might have read resources from liberation theology that anchor God’s care for the oppressed in the Exodus event.1<p class="
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