This psalm praises God for giving the land of other nations to Israel, lending fuel to the long-burning fire between Israel and Palestine—but that gift is just one in a long...

No one has parsed Exodus more carefully than the Jews whose story it tells. Rabbinical literature is full of best guesses about the meaning of each detail. Cherished legends fill the...

Though the people’s life in Egypt was bad, the bread was good. Pharaoh’s royal kitchen produced fifty-seven different kinds of bread. Native emmer wheat was so valuable it was kept in...

In Exodus, God parted the waters of the Red Sea to provide a way for God’s people to cross over safely. According to the writer of Psalm 114, Judah became God’s...

Sisters and brothers in Christ, how is God leading us out of a place where we are caught or stuck? Moses’ words to Pharaoh were to “let [God's] people go” (Exod....

What is forgiveness? We regularly pray some form of these words in the Lord’s Prayer: “Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.” What is the measure...

Sometimes we want God to part the waters when God is calming the seas. The passage from Romans is urging us not to judge anyone, regardless of what decisions they make....

Sometimes God shows up in amazing ways in the deserts of our lives. Psalm 114 talks about how all of creation responded to God’s presence at the time of the Exodus....

It can be difficult to decide to leave a place we have grown accustomed to—even if it is an unhealthy place—in order to make our dreams come true. The internal and...

In our scripture passage for today, the Red Sea separated Moses and the Israelites from freedom. The Egyptians were chasing them even though Pharaoh had given them permission to leave. The...