Gentle reader, It’s been a whirlwind of celebrations around here—graduations and 50th anniversaries, and other events. I’m grateful and a little tired. I hope you’re entering into the first green days of summer with hope for some re-creation and sunshine. Today, I’m reposting a piece I wrote awhile back, a creation through redemption theology class drawn from hymns. Charles Wesley and the United Methodist Hymnal (plus some Rich Mullins) are big reasons I'm a theologian.