Hermetic Homiletics

22 May 2005: Trinity Sunday

Why am I doing this in the wee hours of the morning you ask? Because I can’t sleep. If I’m going to be up anyway, I might as well be productive.

The lectionary passages for this week are here. I think I’ll focus on the Genesis creation story.

Some thoughts that come to mind as I read this…

This is the story of God ordering the chaos

There is a place for everything, and everything is in its place

This story says some things about God: God is all about creative ordering and sovereign.

Humans are made in the image of God

The human call to be conformed to the image of God includes being creatively life-giving, being responsible stewards, and living in human community

Since I seem to be running down the “humans are intended to reflect the image of God” path, I may pull out something from a recent sermon. I may run once again with the theme: “from story to Scripture.” Stories are great, and we can study them until the cows come home with enjoyment and a sense of accomplishment. But it isn’t until we enter the story in such a way that we encounter more about who God is in such a way that draws us into becoming more like God in our everyday lives that the story actually becomes Scripture. “Story” is in the details; “Scripture” is in the personal transformation.

Even though it is Trinity Sunday, I don't yet know whether I will pull in anything specific about the Trinity. We'll see.

posted by irreverance @ 1:49 AM