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This resource relating to Exodus 32:1-14 provides a poem by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) highlighting the transient nature of idols and a poem by Richard Michelson contrasting the hope of youth with life's tragedies.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading: Exodus 32:1-14
CLASSIC POEM:
The Hammer
Carl Sandburg
I have seen
The old gods go
And the new gods come.
Day by day
And year by year
The idols fall
And the idols rise.
Today
I worship the hammer.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Counting to Six Million
Richard Michelson
SNIPPET:
I.
Sleep faster, my son says. He’s poking
at my eyelids, pulling at the pillows, the helicopter
hum of anticipation rising in his throat as I reach out
and spin him onto the bed. I want to set my heels
once more in the soft underbelly of his childhood,
…
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Exodus 32:1-14
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year A Proper 23 (Ordinary Time 28)
Date:
Monday, October 9, 2023