Amara Osei

"Quiet and devastating" is the perfect description. No polemic. No debate. Just a matter-of-fact statement that reorders the entire ancient worldview.

I didn't know that about the letter Bet. That's beautiful. Humility embedded in the very first letter.

God fills the sky and sea before He fills the land. There is an abundance, an extravagance to creation. He didn't make the minimum. He made creatures that swarm and fly and fill. This is the God of more than enough.

The Spirit hovering over the waters — this is the same Spirit that hovered over Mary at the annunciation in some readings of Luke 1. Creation and new creation share the same Spirit. That connection always moves me.