2. In the Beginning

3. In the beginning was the Great Radiance fourteen billion years ago In the beginning was the Great Radiance fourteen billion years ago

4. Out of the fireball came simple hydrogen and helium from that great glow Out of the fireball came simple hydrogen and helium from that great glow

5. Gravity swirled those gases into stars white, yellow, blue, and red Gravity swirled those gases into stars white, yellow, blue, and red

6. But no dancing planets till the birth of silicon, calcium, iron, and lead But no dancing planets till the birth of silicon, calcium, iron, and lead

7. The first generations of ancestor stars squeezed primal gases into stone The first generations of ancestor stars squeezed primal gases into stone

8. Into oxygen and into nitrogen into calcium for antler and bone Into oxygen and into nitrogen into calcium for antler and bone

9. Then they expired and launched back into space atoms born of pressure and strife Then they expired and launched back into space atoms born of pressure and strife

10. So later generations of stars like our own sun could have planets and maybe even life So later generations of stars like our own sun could have planets and maybe even life

11. We are made of stardust We are born from death Greet your cousins who twinkle in the night We are made of stardust We are born from death Greet your cousins who twinkle in the night

12. What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight? What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight?

13. Gravity swirled those gases into stars red, yellow, blue, and white Gravity swirled those gases into stars red, yellow, blue, and white

14. What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight? What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight?

15. What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight? What do we savor in our brief flick’ring lives? What do we leave for our descendants delight?

16. What do we leave for our descendants delight? What do we leave for our descendants delight?

18. In the Beginning by Connie Barlow written for our Solar System’s first “Evolutionary Revival” February 2008 at First Unitarian Universalist Church San Diego, CA by Connie Barlow written for our Solar System’s first “Evolutionary Revival” February 2008 at First Unitarian Universalist Church San Diego, CA Photos courtesy of the Cosmos and its technologically gifted life forms Photos courtesy of the Cosmos and its technologically gifted life forms

19. TheGreatStory.org /evolutionary-revival.html TheGreatStory.org /evolutionary-revival.html