to shine upon those

Another idea for -- well, considering my track record of following up on this, just for the ether. In any case, at some point maybe I'll get the will to do the roundabout. The idea for the rounding and abouting: light.

Prov13:9 caught the iris: "The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out." Great link, I think, to v's such as John8:12: "Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.'"

Other subpoints that come to mind:
* Gen, of course, with the obvious "Let there be light."
* God in the burning bush or the pillar of flame.
* Moses and the shinies after his 1-on-1
* Jesus and the transfiguration
* The Bethlehem star, the shepherd's mapquest
* The eclipse during The Saving

Come to think of it, this isn't a sermon idea, but a sermon series. And either it's a major subset of the Rising year (sunrise and all), or it's the follow-up Year of Light.

All in time, come October...