We all know this one. It s familiar. Creation begins as God brings order out of the primordial soup. Light, darkness, heaven, earth, plants, animals and finally humanity is created by the dramatic word and work of God who art in heaven hallowed be thy name. Everything is good.
Nothing is bad.
But there is a second creation story, the beginning of which we read earlier this morning. Unlike the first story, God is not far off. In this story, God is the ultimate gardener, who exists nearby with us in the most beautiful garden imaginable. We are told to tend the garden. Adam is a play on words for the name for earth Adamah .