Ordinary time · Stilling Waves Bible

Genesis 1

Read Genesis 1 slowly, once or twice. Then sit with this:

Before anything else existed, God spoke light into the dark and called it good. Let the steady rhythm of evening and morning remind you who made you.

Three questions for the group

1. Read Genesis 1 aloud, slowly. Which word or phrase stays with you?
2. You were made in the image of this God, and so was every person you will meet today. How might that change the way you look at a stranger, or at your own face in the mirror?
3. Where in your life does something still feel without form?

Questions 2 and 3 are personal: share only what you want to share.

Close with a minute of silence, then pray in your own words.

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Handout 8 is always Genesis 1: the numbers never change. For another chapter, see all the readings.