God, Gods and Humans

June 05, 2023 • 00:16:31
God, Gods and Humans
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God, Gods and Humans

Jun 05 2023 | 00:16:31

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A sermon by the Very Rev. Bernard J Owens on June 4, 2023, Trinity Sunday.

God said, “let us make humankind, and let’s do so in our image.” Which means that this mystery is in us, and that there is a piece within each of us that is as unknowable to us as the divine mystery itself.

When God says “let us” create humankind, we get a clearer picture of who God is not. God is not a solitary monarch. God is not a CEO. God is not “the man upstairs.” God is not a petulant deity whose vanity must be soothed. God is not addicted to sacrifice. God did not create this world for purposes of extraction or consumption.

God is infinitely creative, blessedly free of ego and insecurity, profoundly loving, averse to violence, and deeply relational. And because we are created in God’s image and likeness, that is the essence of who we are, too.

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