Riverside Presbyterian Church

The final words of the great church hymn Love Divine, All Loves Excelling read: "lost in wonder, love, and praise."Today, losing wonder rather than getting lost in wonder is the norm. Through a re-reading of Scripture's creation accounts, Dr. Brown will explore ways to retrieve the sense of wonder that sustains faith in God and wisdom in life.William P. Brown is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and Professor of Old Testament Literature, Language, and Exegesis at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA. Bill has also taught at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond and at Emory University. He is the author of several books and numerous essays on biblical interpretation and theology, including The Seven Pillars of Creation: The Bible, Science, and the Ecology of Wonder (Oxford University), Seeing the Psalms: A Theology of Metaphor (WJK), Ecclesiastes (WJK), as well as editor of Engaging Biblical Authority (WJK). Bill is an avid Sunday School teacher and a founding member of Earth Cove