Week 2: Chapter 1 — We Were Made for This

1.Jennie points to both neuroscience and the biblical narrative to argue that humans were wired for connection. Which of these two lines of evidence — the scientific or the theological — was more compelling to you, and why?

2.She draws on the image of the Trinity — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in eternal, joyful relationship — as the original template for human community. How does that reframe what community is supposed to feel like? Does your experience of community reflect anything of that joy and mutual knowing?

3.Jennie describes how God looked at Adam in the garden and said, 'It is not good for the man to be alone' — the first thing in creation declared 'not good.' Why do you think God designed us with this fundamental need rather than making us self-sufficient?