Month: February 2020

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil” [Genesis 3:4-5]. The Old Testament reading (Revised Common Lectionary) for the First Sunday in Lent is the familiar passage from Genesis (2:15-17; 3:1-7) that describes the irrevocable encounter in the garden of Eden between Eve and the serpent, and its aftermath. Occasionally — why does this seem to occur only during Lent? — as I have supinely lay in bed, waiting for sleep to overcome me, my thoughts have turned generally toward the Genesis passage,…