Today’s Reflection
Lent is a season focused on the body, a time of reflecting on the ways God shows up in human flesh, especially in the person of Jesus.
—Anne Cumings, My Body Is Good: Giving Up Diet Culture and Embracing Body Positivity for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2022)
Today’s Question
What does it mean to you that you are created in God’s image? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
God created humanity in God’s own image,
in the divine image God created them,[
—Genesis 1:27 (CEB)
Prayer for the Week
God of new beginnings, help me to
acknowledge, perhaps for the first time,
the beliefs about my body that I have
held for so long. Guide me in sorting
which beliefs are helpful and which are
harmful. Lead me back to you and
to this body that you called good. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Ezekiel 37:1-14
- Psalm 130
- Romans 8:6-11
- John 11:1-45
Read the lectionary texts courtesy of Vanderbilt Divinity Library here.
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