Following the tenth plague, the Israelites are immediately driven out of Egypt. Traveling to Succoth, they stop to eat and take stock of all that has occurred. There, the LORD provides various liturgy lenses that frame how they are to view and remember all that has happened. I invite you to join me in exploring these liturgy lenses and how they give shape to the beginning of Israel's new life.

The tenth plague is not just the final blow to make Pharaoh release the Israelites. Layers of reckoning make it a moment in which God deals with the way the world works while paving a path for a new way to take root. I invite you to join me in this episode to explore this moment and the reckoning it marks.

With God's tenth and final plague about to descend, the text suddenly slows down and turns into a script framing the upcoming event as an unfolding drama. A drama that would be the basis for Israel's relationship with the LORD. I invite you to join me as we explore the set pieces of this drama and the salvation story it is prepping.

With Pharaoh's door of opportunity about to close, the LORD unleashes into the land of Egypt "a darkness that can be felt". Calling for Moses, Pharaoh haggles over who can go. Will they reach an accord, or will that door of opportunity finally close on Pharaoh? I invite you to join me in exploring the darkness by which we often choose to be consumed.

As the door of opportunity begins to close on Pharaoh, the LORD's priority in unleashing this plague shifts away from what Egypt should have comprehended by now towards what future Israelites might grow to know. I invite you to join me in exploring how this story can compel us to "move on".

Pharaoh still refuses to let the Israelite slaves go. So as a new round of plagues begins, the LORD increases the intensity. While quite the spectacle pours down from the sky, the larger question is how many more chances will God give Pharaoh. I invite you to join me in this conversation as we explore "the door" beginning to close on Pharaoh.

The sixth plague, which goes from the dust to the pus, is about more than God just getting under Pharaoh's skin. This is about Pharaoh's heart gradually inching towards the point of no return. I invite you to explore with me how close to that point Pharaoh's heart is bringing him.

While the previous plagues involved effects that were mobile and whose removal could be prayed for, the fifth plague is static and definite. I invite you to join me in this episode as we explore not only how this plague provokes Pharaoh's pride, but how his struggle is one with which we all resonate.