Garden

The human story starts in a garden. Gardens are places that seemingly can be controlled - because we can manipulate the soil and moisture and the sunlight, we can plant all sorts of exotic things in our gardens. But gardens are never quite sealed - serpents and other pests can find their way in and upset the perfect environment. The Song of Songs - the holiest book of our sacred literature - picks up the theme of the garden and teaches us invaluable wisdom about what it means to create and to live in such a magical place of almost-control.