This Sunday the Lectionary has us looking at one of most well-known Old Testament stories, at least well-known in churchy circles, namely, Moses and the burning bush. The New Testament has us in Romans and Matthew. At first I didn’t know what to do with the passages. This past week has been difficult if you…
I like sermon titles that are questions. If you have been following along with me for any length of time this is not a surprise to you. The questions don’t have to be provocative but if they are . . . I’m fine with that. So what about today’s question? It contains another, unasked, question,…
What does it mean to be in God’s presence? For Moses, in the Old Testament it might be lethal. Our Old Testament lesson this week comes from Exodus, to be exact it is Exodus 33:12-23. It is the story of Moses asking God to show Moses God’s glory. God say, “Okay, but if you actually…