Lectionary Lab PREMIUM Edition for the 22nd Sunday after Pentecost, Year A
October 29, 2022
Thinking the Texts by John Fairless
“Moses’ Last Stand” in Deuteronomy 34 has often been interpreted as a punishment scene by God, being as how Moses got all hot and bothered and struck the rock the second time around back in the wilderness. I don’t think you can read this account with much meanness in mind; God is tender, compassionate, and grateful to …