So, as with time and space, we are invited to stand at the intersection of original created matter and the matter of new creation, the original matter that reveals God’s power and glory and the new creation that will be flooded, saturated, with God’s presence and glory. And we do not, of course, stand there as mere outside observers. We, being ourselves part of that extraordinary picture, find our own stories within the larger narrative of creation—our own small but significant stories of wine and bread, of work and rest, of death and new life, and, through it all, of praise.
