Christianity: A Body-Positive Faith

Today’s Reflection

In spite of the many attempts of misguided Christians to demonize the body, Christianity is a body-positive faith. We worship a Savior who had a body. And we worship in and through our bodies.

—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 women especially need to hear about body positivity? Join the conversation.

Today’s Scripture

The voice spoke to [Peter] a second time, “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”—Acts 10:15 (NIV)

Prayer for the Week

God of new beginnings,help me toacknowledge, 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 areharmful. Lead me back to you andto this body that you called good. Amen.