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A NOTE FROM MELISSA & COURTNEY

Last month, I (Melissa) had the opportunity to take my daughter on a special trip to Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born there almost 25 years ago but hadn’t returned since she was nine months old. It was a delight to take her back and show her the places she had been but didn’t remember.

Before we left, I pulled out old pictures to show her: in her high chair at our little flat, in her pram at the gardens, in my arms by the castle. As I showed her the pictures of how little she was (with cheeks that were so big!), my eyes also drifted to the images of me. Twenty-five years have brought many changes: new wrinkles(even my knees have wrinkles at this point), new aches, new shifts in weight. While I could delight in the natural changes in my daughter’s body as she grew from a 9-month-old to a 25-year-old, I found it more difficult to accept the changes in my own body.

That’s why I was so grateful that Courtney and I had just recorded a Deep Dish episode with our friend Lisa Whittle to discuss stewardship of our bodies. Recently, Lisa published a Bible study on this topic, and she shared how digging deep into Scripture reshaped the way she views her body. It’s an honest conversation about learning to think biblically about how we see and care for the bodies God has given us.

We hope you’ll enjoy this episode!
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Melissa Kruger & Courtney Doctor
The Deep Dish
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Becoming Good Stewards of Our Bodies

Our relationships with our bodies can be complicated. This week, Melissa and Courtney talk with Lisa Whittle about how a whole body theology can keep us from obsessing or neglecting our bodies.

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Discussion Questions
  1. In what ways are you tempted to measure your worth (or the worth of others) by physical appearance or ability?
  2. Describe one way you would like to have a healthier relationship with your body. What might need to change for that to happen?
  3. Share a time when you felt physically limited. How can experiences of frailty or weakness give us opportunities to glorify God?
  4. In what ways does Jesus’ own experience of physical weakness (hunger, fatigue, suffering, death) comfort or challenge you in your view of the body?
  5. How do you discern whether pursuing improved form and function is healthy or problematic?
  6. What would it look like for you to pursue health and strength with a “glory mentality” rather than a self-focused one?
  7. How does the reality of spending eternity in a glorified version of your body influence the way you view and care for your body now?
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Savor God’s Word with us by memorizing this month’s Bible verse. Download these free lockscreens for your phone to keep God’s Word in front of you all day.
The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous
and his ears toward their cry.
The face of the Lord is against those who do evil,
to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
– Psalm 34:15-16, ESV
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