The God of the Garden

Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom

De: Andrew Peterson

Narrado por: Andrew Peterson

There’s a strong biblical connection between people and trees. They both come from dirt. They’re both told to bear fruit. In fact, arboreal language is so often applied to humans that it’s easy to miss, whether we're talking about family trees, passing along our seed, cutting someone off like a branch, being rooted to a place, or bearing the fruit of the Spirit. It’s hard to deny that trees mean something, theologically speaking.

This book is in many ways a memoir, but it’s also an attempt to wake up the listener to the glory of God shining through his creation. One of the first commands to Adam and Eve was to “work and keep” the garden. Award-winning author and songwriter Andrew Peterson, being as honest as possible, shares a story of childhood, grief, redemption, and peace by walking through a forest of memories: “I trust that by telling my story, you’ll encounter yours. Hopefully, like me, you’ll see that the God of the Garden is and has always been present, working and keeping what he loves.” Sometimes he plants, sometimes he prunes, but in his goodness he intends to reap a harvest of righteousness.

©2021 Andrew Peterson (P)2021 B&H Publishing

Tree-Mendously Good

Andrew Peterson’s music has long been a huge part of my life and spiritual journey. It never fails to lift my heart to God. This book is no different. Beautiful, vulnerable, and sacred journey to find the love of Jesus. Hope you take the time to read it. It was my best Christmas gift this year.

Perfect

This is a beautiful picture into the soul of a sojourner. Andrew Peterson reading this makes it even better. It has spoken to me in a season that I desperately needed it. The words he speaks about the way he has discovered and continues discovering the love of God have ministered to me in a special way. I am thankful.

Must Read!!!

This book has brought so much connection and excitement for something I already enjoyed, trees! But most of all to connect with the author in so many areas of life, in brokenness, and finding that common ground that we have in Christ, our Hope and Redeemer. Praise the Lord for such a wonderful testimony.

Read it, or listen to it!

I love Andrew’s heart behind anything he writes. He’s honest and frank, but thoughtful. I listened to his book 6 months after I visited Ireland for the first time, and the book unexpectedly brought language to how I felt about the place. God gives people hearts for his creation, and to hear others talk about their love of creation and in return glorify God, does a soul good. I listened to the book instead of reading it, because Andrew was the reader in the audio book, and his voice has become familiar over the years and is a comfort.

I like trees too.

I feel God's love in all the world around me too. This book is a inspiring account of healing, through the goodness of God's creations especially trees and gardens. I'm often surprised by the gentleness of God's encounters with His children. This is a gentle account. God's gentleness enables our own free will to believe, trust, and diligently seek Him.

Great Story

Wonderful story about trees and grief and life and earth. Highly recommend, short, but beautiful read.

Earnest, relatable, and provoking

This has become a heart book for me. Andrew Peterson shares vulnerably of his inner wrestlings in a deeply relatable way. He connects his loving appreciation and meditations of nature to it all and back to the most loving Savior who has held him, even when he could not feel it. This was my second or third listen, and it will not be my final time.

A blessing from the Lord while on a journey of my own.

I had the chance to listen to this book upon the recommendation of a dear friend and pastor of mine, Ken Leggit. For a few days, the author’s gentle words nourished me as I walked 100 km or so of the 700+ I had embarked on while walking the Camino Santiago as a pilgrim. I felt a deep connection to the Earth which I traversed as I walked in the shade of the trees, standing sentinels along the foot paths offering protection for pilgrims on the hottest days or from the frigid bone chilling winds of winter.

The author beautifully captures the majesty of God, especially amidst the beautiful trees He has graciously given us. I hope one day to plant trees of my own and give them names. Calling them each by name just as Christ calls our names as brothers and sisters.

Thank you for creating something beautiful, dear author, it has blessed me.

-River Sneed

Life changing book

I love the author’s perspective on the world. It makes me feel like I’m not the only one who appreciates creation the way that I do. We can learn so much about garden while we are in his garden, and this book reminded me that there’s an even better one coming in eternity. The days that I will spend gardening with Jesus can’t come soon enough. Thank you for putting into words what was only in my heart.
I am in school for landscape architecture, and it is all too easy to get caught up in that developer’s mindset, but I will now approach design with a gentle hand and a spirit of reverence for what is Jesus’ and what he has given us to share.
God bless

A Heartfelt, Inspiring, Beautiful Reflection

A heartfelt , inspiring and beautiful reflection on trees, gardens and nature that evokes within us a longing for the One who will make all things new.