Friday, August 08, 2014

Coaxed from the Clay – v2

our beings, not just our forms
coaxed from the clay,
pulled up from the lump
on the wheel, wooed
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 us a treasure, a vessel
worthy of God


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edited August 8, 2014
Coaxed from the Clay – v2

December 4, 2009
Coaxed from the Clay
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”,


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