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Today’s Reflection
Just as we are able to reach out to God with our hearts and minds, we are able to reach out to God with and through our bodies. For it is through our bodies that we see and experience beauty, love, joy, and peace.
—Daniel Wolpert, Creating a Life with God: The Call of Ancient Prayer Practices, Revised Edition (Discipleship Resources, 2023)
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Today’s Question
How do you prepare your body for time with God? How do you honor God with your body? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
—Genesis 2:7 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
God, you are. You are more than we could ever name, more than we can grasp. Help us to know you even in our unknowing. Help us to love you, even as we learn how to love from you. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Genesis 28:10-19a
- Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24
- Romans 8:12-25
- Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43
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