front-page.php

<?php

/**
 * Featured Posts 
 * Display 5 posts from the "featured posts" category, published in the
 * last 2 weeks, sorted by share count
 */
function ea_featured_posts() {
 
  $loop = new WP_Query( array(
    'posts_per_page'		=> 5,
    'category_name'		=> 'featured-posts',
    'orderby'			=> 'meta_value_num',
    'meta_key'			=> 'shared_counts_total',
    'order'			=> 'DESC',
    'date_query'		=> array( array( 'after' => '2 weeks ago' ) )
  ) );
 
  // ...
}
add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'ea_featured_posts' );

// Build the page 
genesis();