When life presents us challenges, remember Moses. God asked him to lead people on an adventure they didn't want to take and to convince the king who wouldn't allow them to leave to let them go.

This adventure was called Exodus, literally the 'way out.'

The way out had three choices, to be

• On the way, where Moses chose to be
• Not on the way (the people liked the deadly familiar better than an unknown adventure)
• In the way, which is where the king was--because Moses' people were the king's slaves and were valued more for what they did for him than who they where for themselves

These remain core choices for all of us in our relationship to our own adventures and the adventures of others.