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This resource relating to Genesis 15:1-6 provides a poem by Rumi (1207-1273) highlighting bringing love into the world and a poem by Tania Runyan depicting Sarah's consideration of the covenant.
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*** Revised Common Lectionary ***
Lectionary Reading:
Genesis 15:1-6
CLASSIC POEM:
Lovers
Rumi
O lovers, lovers it is time
to set out from the world.
I hear a drum in my soul’s ear
coming from the depths of the stars.
Our camel driver is at work;
the caravan is being readied.
He asks that we forgive him
for the disturbance he has caused us,
He asks why we travelers are asleep.
Everywhere the murmur of departure;
the stars, like candles
thrust at us from behind blue veils,
and as if to make the invisible plain,
a wondrous people have come forth.
*** This poem is in the public domain,
and may be read in a live-streamed worship service.
CONTEMPORARY POEM:
Sarah Considers the Stars
Tania Runyan
SNIPPET:
After Abraham feel asleep,
she pulled her cloak
around her shoulders
and walked out to stare
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Genesis 15:1-6
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RCL Lectionary Week:
Year C Proper 14 (Ordinary Time 19)
Date:
Tuesday, August 2, 2022