Remember that you are (star)dust...

Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori preached a wonderful and bi-lingual sermon on Ash Wednesday in San Jose, Costa Rica. Bishop Katharine was a scientist before becoming a priest in the church, and her sermons often contain beautiful images of creation, humankind and God, which come directly out of her work studying creation. She is a wonderful example of how science does not make God obsolete, but may instead inspire a deep love, appreciation, and awe for God in all of creation.

In her sermon from Ash Wednesday, Bishop Katharine describes humankind as dust hoping to be worthy of the image of God, and she reminds her listeners that the same dust the we are made of ultimately comes from the stars. She says, "Lent is our opportunity to bless this dust so that it can shine even brighter than the stars like the light of Christ...Our world needs this light resurrected from dust."

And, here is the link to the audio version of the sermon. Hope you can check it out!