So I’ve finished one book on Genesis 1 (see review), and picked up another. The book I’m now reading looks at the creation account from a completely different angle though—one of how it should effect our spiritual life. Marva J. Dawn’s book, In the Beginning God: Creation, Culture, and the Spiritual Life, has been a fascinating, if not short read thus far. In the book, Dawn argues that we should read Genesis 1:1-2:3 as liturgy, which does not contradict Walton’s view of functionality. In fact, I think the two views blend together very well. In Chapter 5, Dawn looks at the first six days of creation, and presents them to us to be read and responded too. The book calls for worship!  She has set up sections by each day of creation, along with a thought and response. In light of this, I will be uploading each thought each day next week starting with Sunday.  I will then link to them here, so that this post serves as a sort of index. They aren’t long, just a paragraph or two, but hopefully it will call us to worship by looking at the creation account in new ways.

Links:
Day One: Day! Night!
Day Two: Sky!
Day Three: Sea! Land! Plants!
Day Four: Sun! Moon! Stars! Seasons!
Day Five: Fish! Birds!
Day Six: Animals! People!