Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A
September 17, 2023
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
In Exodus, we note that God is with the Israelites making their quick — umm, exodus — from Egypt in the form of a double-natured column, of sorts: cloud by day, fire by night. It strikes me that this is, all in all, a handy arrangement, as the desert sun could get pretty mean during the day. A cloud was a pretty nice s…