Is there a way back to the garden, a gateway to a “second naiveté”? Suppose we discard our critical filters, abandon our quest for utilitarian moral/doctrinal nuggets, and give ourselves to Scripture like an expectant reader of Tolkien? Use our imaginations to enter and inhabit the narrative world of the text. Adopt a “childish” reading strategy as our entry into the kingdom of God (Mark 10:15).
