The First Relationships

Deb preached on the creation of Eve this past Sunday. She quoted Matthew Henry, the 17th-century nonconformist minister in England: in making Eve out of Adam’s rib, she was “not made out of his head to top him, not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him.” Deb concluded with this powerful reminder about God’s desire that all of us find relationships of vulnerability and mutuality:

Just as God breathed life into the first human he created, relationships are the life breath of our community, allowing God’s spirit to flow through our life together as the people of God.