Love this piece so much. We embrace our Creator & yet have such difficulty embracing the bodies given to us. It’s almost as if the church has forever dis-embraced the Creator for giving us our essence.
My friend Alicia and I talked about this very thing. And I don’t think I realized how much of a cultural mindset this was. I regularly hike a trail near my house that comes out of the woods at Lake Michigan. It’s an utterly secluded stretch of beach. A couple days ago I was there and had the urge to strip down to my skivies and dive in. The water was turquoise calm and so inviting. I didn’t do it. Because instantly I thought “what if by some chance someone pops up over the dune and catches me in my bra and undies?” Next time I’m diving in. 😊
So much good that I learned about the good news from church experience over three decades of life, and now I'm trying to unlearn a bunch of it in my most recent decades. Jesus is still good news, and so much of what i was taught is not.
and, I thought I was the only one having those kind of thoughts! Glad I joined you! I took a rock from there and threw a rock back in to signify letting go of body shame!
Love this piece so much. We embrace our Creator & yet have such difficulty embracing the bodies given to us. It’s almost as if the church has forever dis-embraced the Creator for giving us our essence.
My friend Alicia and I talked about this very thing. And I don’t think I realized how much of a cultural mindset this was. I regularly hike a trail near my house that comes out of the woods at Lake Michigan. It’s an utterly secluded stretch of beach. A couple days ago I was there and had the urge to strip down to my skivies and dive in. The water was turquoise calm and so inviting. I didn’t do it. Because instantly I thought “what if by some chance someone pops up over the dune and catches me in my bra and undies?” Next time I’m diving in. 😊
So much good that I learned about the good news from church experience over three decades of life, and now I'm trying to unlearn a bunch of it in my most recent decades. Jesus is still good news, and so much of what i was taught is not.
I was rooting for you to let go and jump in! Bravo!
Sometimes you just have to take the plunge!
and, I thought I was the only one having those kind of thoughts! Glad I joined you! I took a rock from there and threw a rock back in to signify letting go of body shame!
I love it, my wild swimming sister!