diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/Base-state.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/Base-state.js
index d882b0a5..2064eb66 100644
--- a/lib/state-machines/state-types/Base-state.js
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/Base-state.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const debugPackage = require('debug')('statebox')
 const _ = require('lodash')
 const Status = require('../../Status')
 const States = require('./errors')
+const ExecutionContext = require('./execution-context')
 
 const PathHandlers = require('./path-handlers')
 
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class BaseState {
 
   run (executionDescription) {
     try {
-      const input = this.inputSelector(executionDescription.ctx)
+      const input = this.inputSelector(executionDescription.ctx, ExecutionContext(executionDescription))
       return this.process(executionDescription, input)
     } catch (e) {
       return this.processTaskFailure(e, executionDescription.executionName)
diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/Task.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/Task.js
index 91f80294..bf6ae987 100644
--- a/lib/state-machines/state-types/Task.js
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/Task.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 const BaseStateType = require('./Base-state')
 const boom = require('@hapi/boom')
-const jp = require('jsonpath')
-const _ = require('lodash')
 const debug = require('debug')('statebox')
 const States = require('./errors')
 
@@ -38,41 +36,8 @@ class Context {
     return this.task.processTaskHeartbeat(output, this.executionName)
       .then(result => { this.heartbeat(result); return result })
   }
-
-  resolveInputPaths (input, template) {
-    const clonedInput = cloneOrDefault(input)
-    const clonedTemplate = cloneOrDefault(template)
-    resolvePaths(clonedInput, clonedTemplate)
-    return clonedTemplate
-  }
 }
 
-function cloneOrDefault (obj) {
-  return (_.isObject(obj)) ? _.cloneDeep(obj) : { }
-} // cloneOrDefault
-
-function resolvePaths (input, root) {
-  if (!_.isObject(root)) return
-
-  // TODO: Support string-paths inside arrays
-  if (Array.isArray(root)) {
-    root.forEach(element => resolvePaths(input, element))
-    return
-  }
-
-  for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(root)) {
-    if (isJSONPath(value)) {
-      root[key] = jp.value(input, value)
-    } else {
-      resolvePaths(input, value)
-    }
-  } // for ...
-} // resolvePaths
-
-function isJSONPath (p) {
-  return _.isString(p) && p.length !== 0 && p[0] === '$'
-} // isJSONPath
-
 /// //////////////////////////////////
 class Task extends BaseStateType {
   constructor (stateName, stateMachine, stateDefinition, options) {
diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/execution-context/index.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/execution-context/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdc63c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/execution-context/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+const { DateTime } = require('luxon')
+
+class ExecutionContext {
+  constructor (execDesc) {
+    this.execDesc = execDesc
+  }
+
+  get StartTimestamp () { return this.execDesc.startDate }
+  get DayOfWeek () { return DateTime.local().weekdayLong }
+  get Time () { return DateTime.local().toLocaleString(DateTime.TIME_24_SIMPLE) }
+  get Date () { return DateTime.local().toLocaleString(DateTime.DATE_SHORT) }
+}
+
+module.exports = executionDescription => new ExecutionContext(executionDescription)
diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-handler.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-handler.js
index 2d9a8497..f98b6490 100644
--- a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-handler.js
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-handler.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function inputPathHandler (inputPath, parameters) {
   const path = findSelector(inputPath)
   const parameterTemplate = payloadTemplateHandler(parameters)
 
-  return ctx => parameterTemplate(path(ctx))
+  return (input, executionContext) => parameterTemplate(path(input), executionContext)
 } // inputPathHandler
 
 module.exports = inputPathHandler
diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-tokeniser.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-tokeniser.js
index d08ac1be..37a3052c 100644
--- a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-tokeniser.js
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/input-path-tokeniser.js
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ const Tokenizr = require('tokenizr')
 const PARAMLIST = 'param-list'
 
 const lexer = new Tokenizr()
+lexer.rule(/^\$(\$.*$)/, (ctx, match) => {
+  ctx.accept('contextpath', match[1])
+})
 lexer.rule(/^\$.*$/, (ctx, match) => {
   ctx.accept('path', match[0])
 })
@@ -14,6 +17,9 @@ lexer.rule(/\)/, (ctx) => {
   ctx.accept('end-function', null)
   ctx.pop()
 })
+lexer.rule(PARAMLIST, /\$(\$[^, )]*)/, (ctx, match) => {
+  ctx.accept('contextpath', match[1])
+})
 lexer.rule(PARAMLIST, /\$[^, )]*/, (ctx, match) => {
   ctx.accept('path', match[0])
 })
diff --git a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/payload-template-handler.js b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/payload-template-handler.js
index 0a3737d7..4718e42b 100644
--- a/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/payload-template-handler.js
+++ b/lib/state-machines/state-types/path-handlers/payload-template-handler.js
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ function makeDynamicHandler (params, references) {
   const skeleton = skeletonizeParams(params, references)
   const replacers = makeReplacers(references)
 
-  return input => {
+  return (input, executionContext) => {
     const parameters = _.cloneDeep(skeleton)
     for (const [path, expr] of replacers) {
-      const extractedValue = evaluateExpression(expr, input)
+      const extractedValue = evaluateExpression(expr, input, executionContext)
 
       dottie.set(parameters, path, extractedValue)
     }
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function makeDynamicHandler (params, references) {
 } // makeDynamicHandler
 
 const Evaluate = {
+  contextpath: evaluateContextObjectPath,
   path: evaluatePath,
   function: evaluateIntrinsic,
   string: token => token.value,
@@ -68,27 +69,31 @@ const Evaluate = {
   null: () => null
 } // Evaluate
 
-function evaluateExpression (expression, input) {
+function evaluateExpression (expression, input, executionContext) {
   const token = argTokeniser(expression)
-  return evaluateArgument(token, input)
+  return evaluateArgument(token, input, executionContext)
 } // evaluateExpression
 
-function evaluateArgument (token, input) {
-  return Evaluate[token.type](token, input)
+function evaluateArgument (token, input, executionContext) {
+  return Evaluate[token.type](token, input, executionContext)
 } // evaluateArgument
 
+function evaluateContextObjectPath (token, _, executionContext) {
+  return evaluatePath(token, executionContext)
+} // evaluateContextObjectPath
+
 function evaluatePath ({ value }, input) {
   return extractValue(_.cloneDeep(jp.query(input, value)))
 } // evaluatePath
 
-function evaluateIntrinsic (func, input) {
+function evaluateIntrinsic (func, input, executionContext) {
   const fn = instrinsics[func.value]
   if (!fn) {
     ErrorStates.IntrinsicFailure.raise(`Unknown intrinsic States.${func.value}`)
   }
 
   try {
-    const values = func.parameters.map(token => evaluateArgument(token, input))
+    const values = func.parameters.map(token => evaluateArgument(token, input, executionContext))
 
     if (fn.validate) {
       fn.validate(func.parameters, values)
diff --git a/test/context-object.js b/test/context-object.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5fab7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/context-object.js
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+
+const chai = require('chai')
+const expect = chai.expect
+
+const contextObjectStateMachines = require('./fixtures/state-machines/context-object')
+
+const Statebox = require('./../lib')
+
+let statebox
+
+describe('Context Object', () => {
+  before('setup statebox', async () => {
+    statebox = new Statebox()
+    await statebox.ready
+    await statebox.createStateMachines(contextObjectStateMachines, {})
+  })
+
+  const today = new Date().toLocaleDateString('en-EN', { weekday: 'long' })
+
+  const contextObjectStates = {
+    NonExistantProperty: { oops: null },
+    DayOfWeek: { day: today },
+    FormattedDayOfWeek: { day: `Today is ${today}` },
+    StartTime: eD => { return { startedAt: eD.startDate } },
+    Time: eD => {
+      expect(eD.ctx.time).to.match(/^([0-1]?[0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9]$/)
+      return eD.ctx
+    },
+    Date: eD => {
+      expect(eD.ctx.date).to.match(/^\d\d\/\d\d\/\d\d\d\d$/)
+      return eD.ctx
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const [name, result] of Object.entries(contextObjectStates)) {
+    test(name, result)
+  }
+})
+
+function test (statemachine, result) {
+  it(statemachine, async () => {
+    const executionDescription = await runStateMachine(statemachine)
+
+    expect(executionDescription.status).to.eql('SUCCEEDED')
+    expect(executionDescription.stateMachineName).to.eql(statemachine)
+    expect(executionDescription.currentResource).to.eql(undefined)
+
+    const expected = (typeof result !== 'function') ? result : result(executionDescription)
+    expect(executionDescription.ctx).to.eql(expected)
+  }) // it ...
+}
+
+function runStateMachine (statemachine) {
+  return statebox.startExecution(
+    {}, // input
+    statemachine,
+    { sendResponse: 'COMPLETE' } // options
+  )
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/date.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/date.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50a5be16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/date.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "date.$": "$$.Date"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/day-of-week.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/day-of-week.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..757d4fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/day-of-week.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "day.$": "$$.DayOfWeek"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/formatted-day-of-week.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/formatted-day-of-week.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1173f8a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/formatted-day-of-week.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "day.$": "States.Format('Today is {}', $$.DayOfWeek)"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/non-existant.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/non-existant.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..77bc1afc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/non-existant.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "oops.$": "$$.MissingProperty"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/start-time.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/start-time.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d81ca8ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/start-time.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "startedAt.$": "$$.StartTimestamp"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/time.json b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/time.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59647b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/built-ins/time.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "StartAt": "First",
+  "States": {
+    "First": {
+      "Type": "Pass",
+      "Parameters": {
+        "time.$": "$$.Time"
+      },
+      "End": true
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/index.js b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52dbb756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/state-machines/context-object/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module.exports = {
+  NonExistantProperty: require('./built-ins/non-existant.json'),
+  DayOfWeek: require('./built-ins/day-of-week.json'),
+  FormattedDayOfWeek: require('./built-ins/formatted-day-of-week.json'),
+  StartTime: require('./built-ins/start-time.json'),
+  Time: require('./built-ins/time.json'),
+  Date: require('./built-ins/date.json'),
+  Timestamp: require('./built-ins/time.json')
+}
diff --git a/test/pass-states.js b/test/pass-states.js
index 264b01a7..4c1cbb07 100644
--- a/test/pass-states.js
+++ b/test/pass-states.js
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ function test (label, statemachine, input, result) {
   }) // it ...
 }
 
-async function runStateMachine (statemachine, input) {
-  const executionDescription = await statebox.startExecution(
+function runStateMachine (statemachine, input) {
+  return statebox.startExecution(
     Object.assign({}, input),
     statemachine,
-    {} // options
+    {
+      sendResponse: 'COMPLETE'
+    } // options
   )
-
-  return statebox.waitUntilStoppedRunning(executionDescription.executionName)
 }