Coaxed from the Clay

our beings, not just our forms
coaxed from the clay,
by the hands of the potter
the breath of God alive
spirit given and the stuff of the earth
each given personality, uniqueness
each of our a treasure, a vessel
worthy of God


December 4, 2009
Genesis 1:1-2:4a
Genesis 2:4b-25
the tension between the two traditions
giving us two creation stories
Ecclesiastes 12:7
Jeremiah 18:1-4
&
via email conversation 12/4/09
with artist and teacher
Carol Childress,
author of blog, “Choosing Joy”,
http://carolchil.blogspot.com/
and see: http://carolchil.blogspot.com/2009/12/for-everything-there-is-season.html

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