by Marcia Mount Shoop
Hebrews 1:1-12
“The early universe was very, very dark. Without all the starlight we see now. The light of all the stars actually makes it harder for new stars to form. So in the early universe without all the light, stars could form more quickly.
Scientists are learning that darkness makes room for new creation in ways that too much light cannot.
When we look out into the infinite universe, we are peering into our deepest selves–we are learning who we are and where we come from. It is no coincidence that we are learning from space how vitality comes from the depths of darkness and that too much glaring light can inhibit creativity.
We need to slow down. We need to learn how to embrace our shadows so that they can stop doing so much harm, and we need to trust the creativity and growth that is there in those unmet shadows. We need to temper our obsession and privileging of light and whiteness, our internalization of the duality of light and dark.
The universe is inviting us to remember that our divinity, our creativity, our generativity thrives in the ways darkness makes space for growth, for repair, for regeneration, for new birth.
The incarnation is the bringing together of light and darkness in balance, in reciprocity, in love, and in truth.”
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(Sermon begins at 1:11)