Props: Visuals of Hubbel Space Photos and/or eclipse photos

[Begin running about 30 or more Hubbel photos as you begin your sermon. If you want to take an especially creative field trip, deliver your sermon inside of a conservatory or planetarium with stars above and the Creation story displayed.]

Part of the “human” in human being is to be fascinated with space. We lie back and imagine images in the sky we call constellations. We count stars. We contemplate life on other planets. We attach astrological significance to shooting stars and asteroids. Many this past week will have traveled with radiation-safe glasses to watch one of the rarest occurrences humans experience –a total solar eclipse. For the first time since 1918, a large part of the US experienced what it looked and felt like …