Monday, July 20, 2015

Unworthy – 2 – v2

How unworthy I am
to speak the word of creation;
Even if we are freed
by the blood of the cross

As if in God’s place
to proclaim, to speak;
To shout out God’s words
setting the world on its foundation.

Drawing the plumb line
setting the seasons into motion;
Causing the mountains to rise and
the waters to stay in their basin

The temerity to speak
to be able to muster;
I am not worthy to claim God’s words
to speak them from my lips

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edited July 20, 2015
Unworthy – 2 – v2

July 5, 2010
Unworthy – 2
Isaiah 43:18-21
Genesis 1:1-2:4
(read responsively by the congregation,
speaking the words of God)
Worship Theme: “Church is a verb, not a noun.”
and sermon, “Changing the Dictionary, Changing Lives”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
July 11, 2010
Seventh Sunday after Pentecost
&
earlier poem and thoughts about the sermon
and sermon series below
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Presumptuous

Presumptuous
that being made in the image
that being like God
makes us God
like the creator, unbound,
like the limitless God

Such is the meaning
the power, the authority
claimed by man
in the reading of our story
the creation, the origin
the beginning of time

How much lower
is the stuff of man
made by the hand of God
breathed into life
the spirit of God
giving life
to man made of clay


January 14, 2010
Worship service after Our Family’s Table
Mediation by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
sermon blog
meditation blog
“God’s Whisper” blog
on the meaning of “being made in the image of God”
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
January 13, 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”,
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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