Wake-Up Calls

Our Bodies as Teachers

Jun 1, 2025

Aging and Staging, Beloved Community, Love and Justice, Science and Spirituality, Sermon, Spiritual Biography, Spirituality, Stewardship, Wellness, World Religions

Accidents, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Faith, healing, Healing when there’s no cure, Illness, Infirmity, Inside-Out vs. Outside-In, life, mental-health, Sickness, Spiritual healing, stress, The Learning Journey, Vulnerability, Wake-Up Calls, Wisdom

The first time I ever thoughtfully considered that I had a relationship with my body was when I was 12. This is different from something more casual or superficial. Of course I knew I had a body. But the depth of that knowing changed when I realized that my body had me. I was 12,…