As we become practiced in the doctrine of creation, we will find ourselves reoriented in life. We will learn to turn, by the Spirit’s power, from disdain for creation to Christian delight in its goodness; from the gnostic impulse to escapism to a commitment to presence and participation in the world; from proud attempts at meticulous control to grateful openness to God’s work in our lives; from frustration with our finitude to appreciation of its graciousness; from fatalism and resignation to active involvement in God’s world, fighting against sin and injustice; from doomed determination to be
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