Shawn M. Fiedler
Festival Worship - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Transcript
Genealogies are strange and curious, genres.
A genealogy is a study of relationship. It’s the tracing of family lineages and history, for good or for worse. For centuries, genealogies have existed as the main source of understanding who we are. In ancient societies, one’s identity is defined as much by one’s family history, as by individual achievement or accomplishment. The question “Who are you?” would be answered by a description of fathers and mothers, of tribal histories and royal legends.