Exod 14:13-14 Israel’s complaints at the end of our last reading (Exod 14:11-12) are the wild accusations of a slave people who were not in control of their lives and so had learnt a mentality of not taking responsibility for…

Exod 14:1-12 Having avoided the coastal route where Israel might have encountered heavy military opposition, God now seems to manoeuvre His people deliberately into a corner. By doubling back on their tracks towards Egypt, they give Pharaoh the impression that…

Exod 13:17-22 Have you ever looked at your life in retrospect and wished you could have arrived where you are earlier? I know I have. Whenever I think of the recent change I have made in becoming freelance, I remember…

Exod 13:1-16 Due to the Covid lockdown this year, many celebrated ANZAC day in April by standing at dawn at the end of their driveway or at their letterbox to remember those who have given their lives for the country…

Exod 12:43-51 A missionary couple serving in South America lost their daughter at a young age there. Medical care was such that once she fell ill, she could not be saved. It was particularly heart-rending knowing that had she received…

Exod 12:29-41 As C.S. Lewis famously said, pain is God’s megaphone and, on the night when the firstborns died, God shouted His wake-up call into Pharaoh’s ears. How sad that it took him the deaths of thousands, including his own…

Exod 12:21-28 When I came to faith as a teenager, I struggled to understand the logic of the cross intellectually and, as a result, wondered if I were truly a Christian. It took me years to realise that no one…

Exod 12:14-20 When I spent a gap year in Israel, I remember whole sections of the supermarket shrink-wrapped before Passover so that customers could not access yeast-containing products. This is a regulation prescribed in our reading concerning the Feast of…

Exod 12:1-13 As Christians, we often try to squeeze every last drop of meaning from the details of rituals important for us (like Passover or sacrifices). The truth is that while some aspects are significant, others are simply accidents of…

Exodus 11:1-10 The last plague may raise for us a number of questions. First, we may feel a little cynical as we read God’s overwhelming response to Israel and think that it is all very well for God to have…