Storytime | Listening to the story of Adam and Eve with my children

Just The Story | A Rendition of Genesis Two

No introduction. Just the story of Genesis 2 read aloud — for whenever you want to return to it.

Storytime | Listening to the story of Adam and Eve with my children

After exploring the context and brief history of interpretations — it's finally time to sit and simply listen to the story in the garden. In this episode, Mara reads her version of the narrative of Genesis 2, with her two children beside her. Mia notices the poetry. Philip giggles as he munches on his pancakes, and a simple song emerges.

Saucy Dumplings | A brief history of how we've interpreted Adam and Eve

From the moment this story spread, its audience have had questions. And across traditions — even within the traditions —thoughtful readers have come up with different answers. In this episode, Mara traces a brief history of how the story of Adam and Eve has been interpreted across centuries, and wonders whether some of those layers have settled so thick over the text that we've forgotten what lies beneath.

Mise En Place | The practice of prepping before interpreting

Professional kitchens run on mise en place — the discipline of preparing your ingredients before you start cooking. What might that look like for reading Scripture? In this episode, Mara pauses on the threshold of Genesis 2 to ask: who wrote this story, when, and from where? The answers are slippery, but perhaps the questions are still important ones to ask.

(Bonus) Season Two Recap | Learning to walk a winding path

In Season 2, Mara lifted the curtain on her inner world as a restless creator — the self-doubt that followed finishing Season 1, the loneliness of asking unsettling questions, and the growing reliance on companionship over certainty. From rabbinic wisdom to Carlo Rovelli's physics to a fictional story set on a misty morning — this recap traces the winding path of a season that refused to go in a straight line.