
A person asked Rabbi Joshua, "Why did God speak to Moses from the thorn bush?" And Rabbi Joshua replied: "God spoke from the thorn bush to teach us that there is no place where the Divine Presence is absent, not even in a thorn bush."
Joan Chittister, ‘Faith: The Dispeller of Darkness’,
30 Good Minutes, Program # 4706, 9 November 2003. Internet Address:
Image: Thorn bush.