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M11:Week 2: Grace in the Embodied Life of the Body Day 5: Grace in the Body’s Aging Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that the real body is the one that can still keep its former pace. That … Continue reading →

M11:Week 2: Grace in the Embodied Life of the Body Day 4: Grace When the Body Cannot Be in Two Places Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that love means being available wherever the need appears. That teaching … Continue reading →

M11:Week 2: Grace in the Embodied Life of the Body Day 3: Grace in the Body’s Limits Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that limits are temporary obstacles the faithful eventually overcome. That teaching is the veil of … Continue reading →

M11:Week 2: Grace in the Embodied Life of the Body Day 2: Grace When the Body Is Tired of Being a Body Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that spiritual maturity eventually outgrows the neediness of the body. … Continue reading →

M11:Week 2: Grace in the Embodied Life of the Body Day 1: Grace in the Body That Is Not Ideal Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that the true life of the body appears only in its best … Continue reading →

M11:Week 1: Grace in the Table Life of the Body Day 7: Grace Fully Seated in the Body Today’s Veil to Pierce As we close Week 41, the old pull toward readiness checks, matched guests, instructional delay, prior reconciliation, prosecuting … Continue reading →

M11:Week 1: Grace in the Table Life of the Body Day 6: Grace in the Ordinary Meal Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that the real table is the special one — the service, the ceremony, the meal … Continue reading →

M11:Week 1: Grace in the Table Life of the Body Day 5: Grace When the Table Remembers Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that a shared table must either forget the past or keep rehearsing it. That teaching … Continue reading →

M11:Week 1: Grace in the Table Life of the Body Day 4: Grace When Enemies Share Bread Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that shared bread requires prior reconciliation. That teaching is the veil of illusion at its … Continue reading →

M11:Week 1: Grace in the Table Life of the Body Day 3: Grace Feeding the Unfinished Today’s Veil to Pierce You have been taught that the table is for those who already know how to eat correctly. That teaching is … Continue reading →