How to show the contents from the page editor on a page using the Genesis blog page template for both XHTML and for HTML5. Create a file with the contents of this Gist. Name the file page_blog.php and FTP it up to your child theme directory. Then select the Blog page template and you should be good to go.

page_blog.php

<?php
/**
 *
 * Template Name: Blog
 * 
 * Modified Blog page template to add content area above
 * blog archives
 *
 */

add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_standard_loop', 8 );
 
genesis();