Today’s Reflection
The term “body positivity” may be new to you. At its root, body positivity is a social movement that makes this claim: All bodies are good bodies. . . . Body positivity, in this book, is an act of radical self-love.
—Anne Cumings, My Body Is Good: Giving Up Diet Culture and Embracing Body Positivity for Lent (Upper Room Books, 2022)
Today’s Question
Why do you think the second greatest commandment tells us to love our neighbor as we love ourselves? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
[Jesus] responded, “You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your being, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.”
—Luke 10:27 (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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