In which we turn our Lenten meditations on absence to a lack of order and control. Ben guides us into dialogue around the Plagues of Egypt (Exodus 7–13), and we wonder what to make of a God who disorders their own created order. When we find ourselves living amidst the absence the opens in circumstances beyond our control, what fills the space? When confronted by our own impotence, what does faithful presence look like? Sus Long—our resident artist for Lent—contributes songs by Bob Dylan, The National, Birdtalker, and Sandra McCracken.