tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699601384327715539.post8909171341395063131..comments2011-05-17T08:30:29.110-05:00Comments on DOC Lectionary Group: Is God Green?Bill Spangler-Dunninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04768439200485830051noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699601384327715539.post-54001430119009839902008-05-21T15:26:00.000-05:002008-05-21T15:26:00.000-05:00a few weeks ago i was at a conference where we tal...a few weeks ago i was at a conference where we talked about this specifically, and one thing i took away is that we need to stop reading the beginning of genesis as we currently do. this is my reflection not the speakers mind you but imagine. if we are doing a study of the first two chapters of genesis, and we never mention the creation of humanity. <BR/><BR/>because it is human written and human read the placement of the creation of humans often leads to the conclusion that they were best, God saved the best for last, they are set aside from everything else. <BR/><BR/>in reality they are only a part of the total creative process, and if we always make the creation of humanity the culmination of that creative week, then we will never see ourselves on a equal footing with the rest of creation. When God had created everthing, God looked at all of creation and sait it was very good not when God looked at humans. <BR/><BR/>just a tought.festerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165589718231513224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699601384327715539.post-20940240059891243042008-05-15T22:05:00.000-05:002008-05-15T22:05:00.000-05:00I wonder what there is to say about the destructiv...I wonder what there is to say about the destructive side of nature? The recent earthquake and Typhoon and surely will be more. Law and insurance even use terms for these events as "Acts of God." Im not sure exactly what this might mean for a sermon but I think that it is part of the tension with the Nature Images of/with God. How is God part of Nature and what is our role with nature as well... Dave nice work here...Bill Spangler-Dunninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04768439200485830051noreply@blogger.com