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Bible Study Evangelista - Creation of the Body

  The Church Fathers teach that the body is not the “container” for the soul, but the soul is the “container” of the body, and is everywhere throughout the body. This view is reflected in Jesus’ statements,  “The eye [the soul, according to the Fathers] is the light of the body. So, if your eye is sound [integrated, one], your whole body will be full of light;  but if your eye is not sound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” When the soul, which is everywhere in the body, is suffering and sick, the body is suffering and sick. But in Christ, man is the subject and  co-creator  of the salvation and redemption of both his body and soul ( Theology of the Body,  JPII), so that the whole human person, soul and body, becomes “full of light.
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Bible Study Evangelista - Somata Bodies

  It’s hard to impossible to be physically healthy when you hate your body. Media, trauma, disease, pregnancies, abuse, ageing, bullying – how a person perceives her appearance and feels in his body directly impacts his or her physical health. What is the truth about your body? “The human body shares in the dignity of “the image of God”: it is a human body precisely because it is animated by a spiritual soul, and it is the whole human person that is intended to become, in the body of Christ, a temple of the Spirit . . . For this reason man may not despise his bodily life. Rather he is obliged to regard his body as good and to hold it in honour since God has created it and will raise it up on the last day” (CCC 364-365). 
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Bible Study Evangelista - Just Rest Book Club Episode 6

  If suffering is redemptive in Christ, should we really expect healing? In this week’s book club, we talk about the two ways the Bible speaks of suffering, and pray for physical healing.     The next series, Cherished, is postponed for a couple of weeks, until I can get the website back in order. Keep an eye on the Facebook and Instagram pages for forthcoming details.
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Bible Study Evangelista - Just Rest Book Club Episode 5

  How do you identify your primary attachment need; where is the line between doing “all things with great love” and being perfectionist; what about judgmental attitudes? And a one-on-one with one who battles control issues with adult children.
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Bible Study Evangelista - Just Rest Book Club Episode 4

  This week we talked about codependency, prodependency, enabling, and other issues related to proper posture in marriage authority issues. How does God use pop quizzes to address issues in our marriages to heal us of our authority wounds?
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Bible Study Evangelista - Just Rest Book Club Episode 3

  God’s invitation for you to work with Him always affects those around you, and they will not always understand or support your efforts to grow and change out of old, destructive, but comfortable ways. How do we manage their expectations and needs while also addressing our own? We’re moving into chapter three of Just Rest, addressing our emotions and the logistics of healing in the midst of other important relationships. 
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Bible Study Evangelista - Just Rest Book Club Episode 2

  Where do I begin? How can I tell the difference between demonic attack and pop quizzes? How do I continue to heal? How do I determine my predominant fault? These questions and more are part of week two of our book club. Audio and video are below. I emailed everyone the Zoom links again this week. Please check your spam folder, as many found their Zoom emails there. See you tomorrow at 6:30 PM CST or via email next week!
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