Summer

​So weird. And so cool! This morning (Tuesday) when I woke up at 4:30—you see some serious first light this time of year. Yes, most of the time I’m up this early.
 
Why? This. I love it!
This time of year is awesome! First light. 4:30am. Cup of coffee. The best time of day!
 
The days are so long now—obviously longest next week at the summer solstice, June 21. But, you get a pretty good idea now. And at night, the last light is still fading at 9pm. 
 
I love summer!
 
I especially love summer on the east coast because of that early light. I don’t set an alarm anymore—haven’t for years. I go to bed when I’m tired and get up when I’m done, whatever that looks like. Sometimes it’s 4:30 or even earlier and that’s fine by me.
 
I love that first light, especially if I can get outside to sit and watch it come like today. 
 
Amazing!
 
It feels like a new awakening—it feels like creation. 
 
Genesis 1:
In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, 2 the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness [God] called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. (NRSV)
 
That wind from God. In Hebrew, it’s “ruah elohim” and it looks like this:
וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים 
 
Read it right to left. Wow! Pretty awesome! 
 
The Spirit of God. Literally, the breath of God. 
 
There’s no alarm clock for it. In fact, to God—what is a day? Just think about that. From God’s perspective, what is a day?
 
That alone is enough to make your brain hurt. It’s enough to keep you busy with summer reading, if you want. It’s enough to think about for now.
 
Summer is almost officially here!
The Spirit is moving! 
And so are we--
 
We’re still on Facebook Live every week—and we’ve moved church to the Community House in person on Sunday mornings to beat the heat. We have some air conditioning here—and not so much in the Sanctuary. There’s room for the Spirit of course! 
 
There’s room for you.
 
I love summer because it feels like creation. 
It feels new.
It feels like the breath of God. 
And I hope you feel it too!
 
See you Sunday!
 
Grace and peace,
Scott