Advent is a larger-than-life season. These four weeks dare Christians to dream big, take on the world, and expect nothing less than God making all things truly new. Such high hopes, however,…
Category: Body (page 2)
The Kingdom of God Is Like a Woman Trusting Her Body and Gaining Liberation, or Like a Girl Counted as Least Rising
This is one of the most anti-sexist stories I have encountered in the gospels. Twenty-two verses concentrated on attending to the bodies of a woman and a girl in a patriarchal society…
Bodies and Faith in Pandemic
Our bodies have faith. It dwells in our muscles. It lingers in our senses. It comes alive in our hands, vocal chords, and stomachs. Faith is not just a work of the…