Seen [Proper 23A - Exodus 32:1-14]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Exodus 32:1-14 Seen They were afraid. And they felt alone and abandoned. They were stranded in that vast and hostile desert when Moses just walked away. He left them. And now, there was no one left to lead the way. No one left to escort them to the Promised Land. No one left to walk out in front, to hear and execute the divine navigation. No one to rescue them from hot sands and parched skin, from this scorching purgatory. They were shriveling in the sun, wasting away day by day, stuck in neutral. They were miserable. But it wasn’t their fault that Moses ditched or died. It was just clear that Moses was out of the picture. And so there was nothing to do, nothing to see. And they desperately needed to catch a glimpse of something. Aaron was the one Moses left in charge. He was the backup, the placeholder. ...