‘But we have this treasure in clay jars…” -2 Corinthians 4:7
It is only through our bodies that we are able to experience the world.
Our bodies are amazing. And they are also fragile, frail. They are miraculous and intricate. While we expect health and well-being, the reality of living (and aging) is that there are glitches, injuries, malfunctions, and illnesses.
Turns out, our bodies are temporal.
As a woman raised in western culture, I have been taught that my body is something to control, contort and change. As a woman raised within the rise of purity culture, I have been taught my body is tempting, sinful and bad.
Turns out, neither of these messages are biblical.
Over the next few weeks, we will reflect on the ways that body image, chronic pain and aging are part of what it means to exist as a human being. We will think together about what it means to be fearfully and wonderfully made, even if our treasure is in clay jars. And we will explore practices that nurture and value the good gifts of an embodied existence.
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I was just this week thinking about this when I saw a sign at the arboretum that said “decay is okay.” I have all kinds of feelings about those words and I can’t quite tease them out yet. Looking forward to this series!
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