Thursday, April 16, 2015

That Millisecond of Time – v2

At the very beginning,
that millisecond of time
when the chaos, the deep
was pierced by the light;
When order began to divide
the dark from the light
the waters from the land
the dome, the seas, the skies.

Oh to see creation at that moment
the world and all that came into view
all part of the master’s holy plan
by the breath of God.
His hand, His Spirit,
over the seas, the dry land
all that was to be
revealed in a moment of grace.

Pleased was the Lord,
“good, very good”,
spoken over all God surveyed
the plants, animals too;
The creatures of the deep
those that walked the earth
man and women too
all good, very good.

An ordered universe
out of the void,
that nothingness
the chaos giving way;
The voice of the Creator
spoke all to life;
Resting, taking Sabbath,
when the work was done.

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edited April 16, 2015
That Millisecond of Time – v2

January 13, 2010
-         That Millisecond of Time
-         How the Universe Began
-         To Understand Time
-         To Understand the World
-         All in the Image of God
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”,
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
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.”

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