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Our Body and Spirituality are Interconnected

A bodily resurrection creates the context for grace, from which a strong sense of secure identity ca

June 11, 2022 • Rev. Aaron Bjerke

The spiritual explosion in the American West over the past decade has largely been influenced by an Eastern Spirituality that has created a soft-Buddhism in our culture. It is important to note that the spiritual framework of this spirituality has a low view of the body, and sees the dichotomy of spirit and body to be that the spirit is of better value and therefore more important than the body. Christian spirituality has a different take on the body, and sees it as beautiful and equally important to the spirit. Therefore, if the phrase "your body is a temple" resonates with you, then you actually carry a hope that's unique only to Christian spirituality. This talk will explore that hope and framework.