Roots of Eden

When we tell the story of God, where do we start?

As the pandemic disrupted the ways we worship and practice our faith, we've been given an opportunity to reevaluate everything. Perhaps the better question now is this: Where do we restart?

How do we tell our story best in a post-pandemic world? How would you tell it to a child? Or to someone who has never heard it before?

Maybe the best place to begin is still here: "In the beginning..."

The things we want to believe most about God are often present in the story's first truths from the Garden of Eden.

And in those first truths, we also find the most important things to believe about ourselves.

Roots of Eden explores the first truths of scripture. What's the first thing the story tells us about God? About ourselves? What's the first thing God says to human beings? What is the first truth of the relationship between Adam and Eve? How can we see the events of Genesis 3 through the first truths of Genesis 1? And what does all of this mean for life outside the garden?

The roots of Eden still run deep into the world we've made. And from the beginning, it's a world that can be good.

If you, your small group, or your church are looking for a place to begin again, there's no better place to start than, "In the beginning..."