For this second Sunday of “Stump the Preacher” Rev. Cari jumps in with Genesis 1 and 3, parts of the two creation stories that are part of the gathered witness of Israel. She hearkens back to a sermon she heard in 2012 given by Alanna Mitchell on the work of Fr. Matthew Fox in his book Original Blessing.

Then she dives right into the STP question at hand: What are humans, according to these “pre-historical” stories of creation? And what is creation? Is it a backdrop for the human drama of sin and salvation, as we have been taught for so long? Or perhaps are we in the midst of a “story change” of epic (and ecological) proportions.

Listen to the sermon for her exploration of the vias (the ways) of Creation Spirituality, and for a surprise collaboration with Dr. Bruce Harding, with thanks to Lennon & McCartney.