A: "At its heart, it is a story of God wanting to bring about a very good world. A place of flourishing for people. A place of flourishing for the other things God created, living and nonliving, that we share the earth with. It is a story about God wanting all of this to be a co-creation project. To work alongside willing human partners to establish the “very good” world. It is also a story about how that partnership got broken. How time and time again humans wreak havoc on the very systems and practices established by God that maintain, heal, and restore the world. In essence, the story of the Old Testament is a “will they or won’t they?” plotline. It is
a testament to the faithful commitment that God has made to us to heal, restore, and repair all that has been broken. It points to the lengths God goes to close the gap between us and God.”