Embracing the Body
Embracing the Body

Embracing the Body

Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone

 
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18th Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year for Body, Mind and Spirit 2015 Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention Our bodies teach us about God, and God communicates to us through our bodies. Our bodies are more than we can possibly imagine them to be. And yet at times we may struggle with feelings of shame and guilt or even pride in regard to our bodies. What is God trying to do through our skin and bones? In spiritual director Tara Owens invites you to listen to your thoughts about your body in a way that draws you closer to God, calling you to explore how your spirituality is intimately tied to your physicality. Using exercises for reflection at the end of each chapter, she guides you to see your body not as an inconvenience but as a place where you can meet the Holy in a new way—a place to embrace God's glorious intention.
ISBN: 9780830896790
Producer: InterVarsity Press
Weight: 0.001kg
Binding: Digital delivered electronically
File size: 1.8MB
Release Date: 10.03.2015
Language: English

Book contents

Introduction: An Invitation to More 1. Where Do Our Fears Come From? 2. How We Lost Our Bodies 3. Broken Body, Broken Church 4. Dust to Dust: Incarnation, Body and Flesh 5. Angel or Animal: Beyond False Dichotomies 6. Beauty or Beast: Living with an Unglorified Body 7. Touch or Temptation: Issues Around Sexuality 8. Desire or Destruction: Exploring Our Impulses 9. Tension Taming: Embracing Our Fears, Finding Redemption 10. At Home in Your Skin: Exploring God’s Messages in Your Body 11. Sensing His Kingdom: Encountering God’s Physical Creation 12. Flesh of My Flesh: Union, Sexuality and God’s Design 13. This Is My Body: Connection and Communion with the Body of Christ Appendix: Group Discussion Guide Author’s Note Acknowledgments

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Tara M. Owens
Tara M. Owens (MTS, Tyndale Seminary) is a Certified Spiritual Director and the senior editor for , a forum for authentic spiritual transformation. Owens also provides spiritual direction through her ministry Anam Cara and is a part-time instructor for the Benedictine Spiritual Formation Program at Benet Hill Monastery, both based in Colorado Springs.