A Quaker Guide to Genesis
Monday 7 September - Monday 5 October 2026
The live Zoom sessions are at 19:30-21:00 (UK time) every Monday.
Josh Selfe
What can Genesis teach us about living inside flawed communities? Through the book’s sometimes tortuous depiction of broken and conflicted families, this course considers the joys and challenges of ‘finding that of God in everyone’, even in the midst of frayed relationships.
Throughout the five sessions, Friends will be encouraged to consider the characters of Genesis’ through the lens of their own lived experience. Learners will be invited to reconsider the overly familiar stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Abraham and Isaac, Haggar and Sarah, through personal eyes. Each character will be treated as a wise portal into our messy and contradictory humanity. What can we find of ourselves in these often-enigmatic characters? What remains inexplicable or challenging? In the latter part of the course Friends will be have the opportunity to deepen their relationship with the beloved Quaker phrase: ‘that of God in everyone’.
This course will involve:
Discussion, Online Learning Materials, Online discussion forum, Written and visual, Zoom Session
Accessibility info:
On the booking form, there is a chance for you to let us know about any accessibility or communication adjustments that will enable you to participate more fully in the course. Automated Zoom closed captions are available for all live sessions but if you feel you require more accurate closed captioning please email us directly in addition to booking.
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