Getting to Empty: Trees, Towers, and the Center of Self

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7, Matthew 4:1-11
What really happened in the Garden? Did humanity start with a story of disobedience, or maybe distrust? Did we leave a paradise with us at the center, or a web of mutuality and connection? As we begin Lent, Jesus resists the temptation to center self, and reconnects us to the center of God’s loving care.