Before I start talking about our scripture passages, I want to talk about food. I want to talk about this cookie [hold up a cookie].
Today I want us to think about our bodies. Every body has brought their bodies to worship this morning. We are embodied; God made us
Thank you for the miracle of our bodies; for breath that fills us, blood that circulates, synapses that spark, microscopic particles exchanging in good order,
Creator God, thank you for our bodies: for new baby bodies, for young bodies, for middle-aged bodies, for old bodies. Thank you that we are
When all is not what it seems, when evil masquerades as good, when it seems the wrong path is calling us, Jesus, we need your
Thank you God for sexual attraction, for the pull of thoughts and emotions and bodies. Thank you that we are creatures who feel for each
I am a Mennonite pastor currently teaching theology at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario. I’ve served congregations in Ontario and most recently, Alberta.
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