Speaking the Words of Creation - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

A troubling sense in the process
the pastor reading our story of the beginning
and the congregation, playing God
speaking the words of creation

Stepping into the shoes of the creator
as when man thought the earth the center
the sun, the stars and moon,
revolving around us

Wanting to stop,
to silence my speech, later,
only after, understanding the disquiet
man claiming the words of God

Mindful of my place
far below the Lord
Wanting to bow in awe
at the wonder of God’s plan

January 10, 2010 and January 12, 2010
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
Psalm 19:1-13
Congregational Centering hymn:
“Let All Things Now Living”
Faith We Sing, #2008
Anthem: “The Time Between”,
http://www.gbod.org/worship/music/timebetween-crider.pdf
by R. Frederick Crider, Jr. (Ps. 31:14-15)
and sermon, “The Book of Genesis: The Story of Our Beginning”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson,
based in part on Chapter One (Genesis 1:1-2:3),
of book, Wrestling With Angels: What Genesis Teaches Us About
Our Spiritual Identity, Sexuality and Personal Relationships,
by Naomi H. Rosenblatt and Joshua Horwitz
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 10, 2010
First Sunday in Epiphany
(Baptism of the Lord Sunday)
&
Psalm 8:4-5 (KJV)
“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.”