In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (From: John 1:1 - 5, NRSV)
This is the passage with which I first started blogging over a year ago. I prefer this account of the creation to the Genesis version because it implies God is not alone. (Actually, God has company in the Genesis account but that's another story.) Logos, the Greek word translated here as Word can as easily be translated as conversation. This makes sense because a word on its own is absurd; words imply conversation. I continue to explore this theme in my other blog, Exploring Ecumenism .
In my other blog, I argue ecumenism, or perhaps it's better to use the Greek Oikoumene, is a conversation that aims to reconcile, not only the various Christian traditions, but the whole of creation to God. This is the idea I have chosen to end this Lent sequence (which is by now an Easter sequence). The thrilling idea is that we all have a role, as co-creators with God, in bringing this reconciliation into reality. A good place to start is four recent posts about evolution and cosmology, starting here .
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