Is There a Place for Evolution Within the Creation Story?

Is There a Place for Evolution Within the Creation Story?

Growing up in church, many of us learned a creation story that felt airtight: six days, all life created from scratch and Adam formed from dust as the grand finale.  Then came your earth science class. Suddenly, we were faced with a different narrative: life emerged gradually over billions of years through natural processes. Evolution wasn’t just a theory — it was presented as the bedrock of modern science. And somewhere between Genesis and gene…