The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
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<p>There&rsquo;s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They&rsquo;re both told to bear fruit. In fact, arboreal language is so often applied to humans that it&rsquo;s easy to miss, whether we&#39;re talking about family trees, passing along our seed, cutting someone off like a branch, being rooted to a place, or bearing the fruit of the Spirit. It&rsquo;s hard to deny that trees mean something, theologically speaking. This book is in many ways a memoir, but it&rsquo;s also an attempt to wake up the reader to the glory of God shining through his creation.<br> One of the first commands to Adam and Eve was to &ldquo;work and keep&rdquo; the garden. Award-winning author and songwriter Andrew Peterson, being as honest as possible, shares a story of childhood, grief, redemption, and peace, by walking through a forest of memories: &ldquo;I trust that by telling my story, you&rsquo;ll encounter yours. Hopefully, like me, you&rsquo;ll see that the God of the Garden is and has always been present, working and keeping what he loves.&rdquo; Sometimes he plants, sometimes he prunes, but in his goodness he intends to reap a harvest of righteousness.<br></p>