Feast of Creation in Christ

the Rev. Emily Boring

The sermon celebrates the Feast of Creation in Christ by exploring the

Christian belief that everything is created, sustained, and ultimately

gathered together in Christ.

Beginning with the preacher's awe-filled memory of watching a humpback

whale repeatedly slap its tail against the ocean at sunset, the sermon

contrasts scientific explanation with the deeper experience of wonder and

relationship. Genesis and John's Gospel reveal creation not as something

God made and left behind, but as an ongoing expression of God's creative

love. The incarnation of Christ reveals God's relationship with matter and

the profound interconnectedness of all existence. A whale—and every human

being—is part of a vast web involving stars, oceans, microorganisms, food