Sermon

American society has acculturated us to ideas about how our bodies should look and function. There are norms for everything from weight to brain functioning. Many of us spend a good deal of time trying to meet these norms in defiance of our beautiful diversity, the many ways human bodies grow, change, adapt, and function. Please join me for a sermon that uplifts and celebrates our bodies and humanity as we find it.

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Opening

Reading #442 “We Bid You Welcome”

Opening Hymn #1008 “When Our Heart is in a Holy Place” or #323 “Break Not the Circle”

Reading

“Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver

Hymn

Closing Hymn #203 “All Creatures of the Earth and Sky” or #1007 “There’s a River Flowin’ in My Soul”