Freedom lies at the heart of the gift-giving meaning of the body. Before the fall, Adam and Eve were free from the constraints of sin. Naked and unashamed, they weren’t

If creation is a gift for man, we have to ask: did Adam live as though the world was a gift? Was he grateful to the Creator? When God first created

Adam and Eve were naked before they realized they were naked. In the state of original innocence, they looked upon each other in wonder and gratitude. In this way, they

Shame is a very complex experience. With shame, a person experiences fear for one’s self in the presence of another self (for example, a woman before a man). Shame reveals

Genesis 2:25 says, “The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.” At first glance, this detail seems superfluous—far less important, say, than the previous verse

If we want to know anything about man, first we have to notice that he exists as a dual being, male and female. We have to start with the idea

In the Book of Genesis, the creation of man is only complete when he is created as male and female—two beings sharing one human nature, one life, but distinguished by

The mystery of creation, revealed in the first chapters of Genesis, is that it is a gift from God’s boundless love. Only love creates what is good. The sign of