Lent 1 A + Being human + 2.26.23
M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard ( Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7 ; Psalm 32 ; Romans 5:12-19 ; Matthew 4:1-11 ) Today’s scriptures from Genesis and Matthew are stories imprinted on our minds, stories that we know almost by memory, almost as if we didn’t need to crack open the Bible, or our reading sheet. We know the story of Adam and Eve, and of Jesus in the desert, a good reminder that today is the first Sunday of Lent, and that yes, we were meaning to follow this Lenten discipline, or that. We think we know them, but often times, if you are like me, you think often of all the cultural baggage we have mounted up around them. Is sin and death Eve’s fault? How about Adam? Is this the original male versus female? And what about those who fall between somewhere? And good for Jesus, encountering temptation and winning at it, but I know I won’t do so well. I’m only human, after all. Only human. That is at the root of this tree of stories, isn’t it? What are we, as h...