From Tiny to Gigantic
2 October 2016 Proper 22C In 1927, the Belgian Catholic priest Georges Lemaitre proposed a theory about our universe being always expanding, trying to answer and give reason to some strange observations in astronomy and physics. Most of us know his theory these days as the big bang theory. In the big bang theory, a small singularity explodes into a huge and vastly expanding universe. This image, starting with something so small and creating something vast, is the same image that Jesus invokes today with the parable of the mustard seed. It is such a good image for us to understand when it comes to the work of God in this world. God always starts with something small, something ordinary and turns it into something extraordinary. We are part of the larger work of art, and yet, each of us is always a masterpiece of astounding value. We all started as something so small, and from that tiny beginning, against all odds, we have ...