Always Enough (The Exodus, part 6)
Holy Ghost Stories
Justin Gerhardt
4.9 • 553 Ratings
🗓️ 24 April 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hunger and thirst threaten the Israelites' survival. …Or is it something else?
Text: Exodus 15:22-17:7
Players:
- Yahweh
- Moses
- Aaron
What's Spooky:
- (Not a lot—this one's pretty kid-friendly)
Credits:
Research, Writing, Narration, Direction: Justin Gerhardt
Season 4 Original Score: Kendall Ramseur
Sound Engineering: Joël Dollié
Manuscript Editing: JL Gerhardt
Intro Music: "Winds of Change," Four Trees
Outro Music: "Fine-Toothed Chrome," Sam Barsh
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Does he know we wonder what kind of God he is? |
| 0:10.0 | Does he know that because of the things he does and doesn't do, |
| 0:15.0 | we sometimes lie awake at night asking questions about his character, |
| 0:20.0 | his faithfulness, the plausibility of his plan. |
| 0:23.6 | If he knows, why does he persist? |
| 0:29.6 | This is a story about trust. |
| 0:34.6 | It's a story about daily bread and Sabbath rest and the lies we tell ourselves |
| 0:40.3 | about the past. And it's a story about how the deeply human desire for self-sufficiency |
| 0:48.3 | may be far more dangerous than even the most severe hunger or thirst. |
| 0:56.6 | I'm Justin Gerhardt. |
| 0:59.7 | Welcome to Holy Ghost Stories. |
| 1:13.6 | Music The The The mothers are beginning to panic. |
| 1:35.2 | Their children have stopped crying, stopped complaining, and become lethargic. |
| 1:43.9 | They need water. |
| 1:46.0 | It's not just the children, of course. |
| 1:50.0 | Everyone in this massive caravan, |
| 1:53.0 | thousands upon thousands of men and women of every age |
| 1:57.0 | swallow again and again, |
| 1:59.0 | trying to rid their throats of the ever-present dust. |
| 2:04.7 | Cows lift their noses, searching for the scent of some far-off oasis, but nothing. |
| 2:13.8 | It's been three days. |
| 2:18.1 | Memories of the plagued Egyptians play in the Israelites' minds. |
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