Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone
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- Foreword Reviews' 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 good 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 Embracing the Body 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.
Tara M. Owens
Tara M. Owens (MTS, Tyndale Seminary) is a Certified Spiritual Director and the senior editor for Conversations Journal, 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.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A compelling and well written exploration into the relationship Christians have with the body.The author speaks of her own journey and her own forays in understanding and connections with others, along with Biblical study and research. She explores the embodied nature of humanity, considers the embodiment of God in the flesh in Jesus, and our difficulties in accepting the body, embracing the body, and being okay with living in the body. Yes, sexuality is eventually discussed toward the end, but the work is not one of sensuality or lasciviousness. Instead, it's an important reconsideration of what it means to be an embodied human in a culture which resists corporeality and considers the body more a liability than anything else. There's a lot here to consider. The power of touch; the acceptance of frailty and limitation; life in tension; and many others. Worth reading as part of a study on Christian anthropology.