In the coming of the Spirit
the flames as on Pentecost
the stuff of me different
my clay changed, to be used
fired by the Spirit
no longer malleable
fired by God’s love
Made a vessel
from the stuff of clay
a bowl, a goblet
common flesh, sacred worth
holding the Spirit’s love
burning brightly within me
that I may do my Savior’s
work
Spreading the message of
Christ
the light burning within us
changing the world as He can
as his hands and feet
going to the ends of the
earth
doing all we can
in this time and place
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edited August 23, 2014
My Clay Changed – v2
May 21, 2010
My Clay Changed
Luke 7:18-22
Acts 2:1-8
Worship Theme: “Doing a Dangerous Thing”
and sermon, “A Lesson From a Motorcycle Shop”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
May 23, 2010
Pentecost Sunday
&
and quote attributed to Corrie ten Bloom,
“I have a glove here in my hand. The glove cannot do anything by itself, but
when my hand is in it, it can do many things.
True, it is not the glove, but my hand in the glove that acts. We are gloves. It is the Holy Spirit in us who is the hand,
who does the job. We have to make room
for the hand so that every finger is filled.”
&
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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