Body: Biblical spirituality for the whole person

It would be wrong, however, to conclude from this that, if there are no signs of ecstatic experience, the Spirit is absent. The Spirit also inspired people in other ways.

among the earliest Christians the experience of the Spirit was profoundly ecstatic. The Spirit broke in to people’s lives inspiring them to miracles, to prophecy, to speaking in tongues and many other such actions.

The Spirit is the Spirit and does what the Spirit wishes. Sometimes it is present in spectacular and dramatic form; at other times it breathes the silent whisper of life-giving hope.

Times of illness challenge us into relationship with our bodies.

what was discontinuous seems to have been his appearance; what was continuous were his scars.

Soul-making implies a deliberate intention on our part to pay attention to who we are called to be and to seek regular refreshment so that we can grow more and more into the people God yearns for us to be.

singing is a wonderful embodied expression of worship (provided you enjoy it, that is). Singing involves the body, the emotions and the brain in a wonderful chemistry of worship. Worship that takes the body seriously needs to ensure that singing, and other embodied experiences, are woven deep into our services, our prayer life and our other times w

people, ideas, books, standpoints etc. are often a complex mix of good and bad (not to mention neutral). So often we are invited to declare something either ‘this’ or ‘that’, when in reality it is both.

disunity and conflict can be very damaging to the mission of the Church. Who would want to join a body that seems intent on chewing its own leg off?