Writer Jane Grizzle talks on what the body’s limitations can teach us about God’s work for us, and how despite our suffering and brokenness, his promise to redeem us comes through the broken body of Christ. Jane is a writer for Mockingbird Ministries and writes about the intersect between theology and everyday life. 

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Show Notes:

Read Jane’s writing at Mockingbird

Storymakers

Low Anthropology by David Zahl

Jane’s talk on The Grief and Gift of Bodily Limitations

Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler

Broken Body Healing Spirit: Lectio Divine and Living with Illness by Mary C. Earle

Being Human: Bodies, Minds, Persons by Rowan Williams

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness by Meghan O’Rourke

Wonderfully Made: A Protestant Theology of the Body by John Kleinig