Using Genesis 2, the story of the garden and the unwilling gardeners, Rev Keith Rowe today spoke about rereading this story in a time of crisis. “The human search for knowledge of good and evil continues, as it must. We continue to learn from the tree of life. When it becomes a search for knowledge to control or to dominate, life descends into conflict – when new knowledge is accompanied by sensitivity to wonder and awareness of mystery things go better. Like picking an apple from an unknown tree new knowledge should be received with humility, a sense of wonder and a gentle prayer that it will be used to enhance both neighbour and nature, never to dominate or control.”

Click here for the Sermon – Leaving the garden and the Order of Service