"“Is the LORD among us or not?” This question rests at the core of Israel’s quarreling and testing in the wilderness of Rephidim. And this question rests at the heart of created life and cries from the soul of every human since the great turning away of humanity in the Garden. And this question rests at the heart of the biblical narrative from Genesis to Revelation; from Creation, through Creation Spoiled, to Re-Creation; from Life, through Death, to Resurrection.Maybe, this question sits with even some of us, at different times, in this place today."
