Exodus 12:36 – Household Words:

Moving into the Promised Land. Numbers 34.

Painting: the Prayer at Valley Forge, by Arnold Friberg. “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Command the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter Canaan, the land that will be allotted to you as an inheritance is to have these boundaries: … Your southern boundary will start in the east from the southern end of the Dead Sea, cross south ofContinue reading “Moving into the Promised Land. Numbers 34.”

Favor Has Been Uncoupled From Merit. Exodus 11:3.

Image: a close-up view of a train coupler connecting two cars. I knocked on the white painted door of my girlfriend’s apartment. No one knew I was coming. One of Wendy’s roommates opened the door. It was Charlotte. She was the loud one. She screamed. “Well, hello, Mr. Successful!” Charlotte was an opera student, oneContinue reading “Favor Has Been Uncoupled From Merit. Exodus 11:3.”

Odors and Aromas. Exodus 5:21.

“Oh, man! What is that smell?” “I think it’s that dead armadillo we saw down the road.” “But that thing’s a hundred yards away!” “What else can it be?” We had just emerged from the car at my uncle’s farm in Mississippi. All the kids piled out of the car and two of us tookContinue reading “Odors and Aromas. Exodus 5:21.”