Life in Christ (III)
I’ve been looking at our life in Christ under the three heads below. -communication: hearing/obedience/Word/ear -communion: feeling/affections/Worship/heart -community: tasting/experiencing/World/body The ear and heart , communication and communion, occupied us in first two posts in this series. Today it is the body, both our physical body and the body of Christ that call for comment. Life in Christ and the Body We can almost say that life in Christ, the communication and communion we experience with God is kinesthetic. Our bodies are active in both listening to and being with God. This is why bodily postures in prayer are recommended in scripture and in the early church. And why in some traditions the congregation stands as the Bible is processed in for the reading of that day’s gospel passage. And why the practice of “Walking Prayer” is growing in popularity today. If our bodies are the face of our souls, then our inte...