A Cosmos of Niblings

Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons

Abram longs for a child that he believes God has denied him. God meets Abram in that specific need, but then leads him to a more expansive - even cosmic - view. This is a story that might be easier for aunties like me to understand: I absolutely don’t have one or two or three children. I either have zero children, or I have children that number the stars. I choose the latter, and in this story God seems to agree. As a church, we claim all our children as belonging to all of us. And we explicitly bless those who devote their time and their energy to the education, mentoring, care, and love of our kids when we gather together on Sunday mornings.

Sermon begins at minute marker 4:24
Genesis 15.1-6
Resources

• BibleWorm podcast: Episode 602 – Trusting the Promise, Amy Robertson and Robert Williamson, Jr
• “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story,” Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton.
• Image: Photo by note thanun on Unsplash
• Hymn: Voices Together, 175, Planets Humming as They Wander. Text: Heather Josselyn-Cranson (USA), alt., © 2010 Heather Josselyn-Cranson Music: Sally Ann Morris (USA), 2009, © 2016 GIA Publications, Inc. Permission to podcast the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, license #A-726929. All rights reserved.