Ex Niliho

During WorldVenture's Renewal Conference the beginning of February, we had the opportunity to hear from Micah Bournes. Micah is a graduate of Moody Bible College but he is not a pastor. Some might call what Micah does poetry but really it is much more than that. His web page describes it as blending and bending spoken word poetry, rhythm & blues, and funk. He tackles head-on issues including God and justice in a unique fashion. He recently released a new spoken word album called "A Man Without a Name" which we heard from him during the conference. One of my favorites that he did during the conference was "Ex Nihilo" which Micah explained in his introduction is a theological term that means, "out of nothing" and refers to the Creation story in Genesis. It is trying to explain that God created the world out of nothing, nothing that is but words.  

Imagine nothing.

Not darkness since darkness is something.

Imagine no darkness.

Nothing.

No thing to look at.

No eyes to look with.

Even without eyes there was nothing to miss.

Emptiness.

Wrong. No space to be empty.

Imagine no emptiness.

Imagine no imagination.

Now imagine creation;

Materialized speech rising from the lips of He who preexists.

In the beginning God created.

With words.

Imagine the language.

Imagine the verbs.

Imagine the adjectives employed to modify earth.

Oh that ears could have heard to those majestic sentences.  

Listen as The Infinite articulates the landscapes which leave us speechless.

Speak LORD speak!

Let there be...

Light! Life! Earth! Sea!

Speak LORD speak!

Let there be…For our world is

Poetry. 

Some of my other favorites were "I Am Not The Future" and "Normal Hair." You can check out his new album on iTunes, Amazon, etc. You can also listen to several of his works on YouTube, like this one...

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