Janet and I have been having a bit of a back and forth about remembered Bible and the relative value of the gospel stories and the stories of the Hebrew scriptures. I was thinking about this in church this morning where apart from singing some verses from Psalm 81 we didn't hear any reading from the "old" testament.
I suppose I want to remember the God of the whole Bible.
Anyway Sarah Hall has also got involved in the discussion and as she like Janet is a bit of a poet she's come up with a wonderful set of kennings for the creator God of Genesis 1.
What about starting from the very beginning (a very good place to start) with Genesis 1?
Chaos-brooder
Light-bringer
Land-former
Sea-restrainer
Sun-shaper
Moon-moulder
Star-patterner
Calendar-establisher
Ostrich-featherer
Parrot-painter
Shark-finner
Whale-watcher
Seed-sprouter
Tree-cultivator
Flower-blossomer
Fruit-juicer
Bee-swarmer
Worm-wriggler
Crab-scuttler
Snake-slitherer
Lion-tamer
Lamb-raiser
Man-creator
Woman-imager
Goodness-maker
All-maker
Sabbath-rester
You'll note if you go back to the original that I have some days in the wrong order, but the principle holds...
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Kennings for a creator God by Sarah Hall
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I really like bloggin now - it's such fun when we all get at it together - group bloggin. Sarah's kennings is brilliant.
I love this: thanks for letting us see it. I've not got round to kennings yet (only a matter of time), but we did remembering the calling of the disciples in a Bible study group the other day and it was very powerful. Thank you all!
Ann
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