Christians experience God through the body, both in their own bodies and the corporate body.
Christianity, in other words, is a religion of the body.
— Devan Stahl
Current Series:
In the Flesh
Over the next five weeks we're dialoguing about bodies. What have we been told about the role of bodies in faith? What part does the body play in spiritual life? What do we need to hear and reclaim about our bodies and faith? The reality is that the Christian faith is a story about bodies - bodies being made, bodies being formed, bodies moving around and finding themselves amongst other fleshy creatures. How might we claim being bodies rather than having bodies? How might that change us? Our faith?
Series Resources
Emmaus Way is committed to engaging the Gospel in creative, embodied, and communal ways—from reading and art to dialogue and service. Find below some of the resources that are shaping our current series.
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Scripture & DIALOGUE Questions
All are invited to hear and discern the Word of God together in dialogue at Emmaus Way each week. While the communal and embodied experience of dialogical preaching can't quite be recreated outside of the Sunday gathering, follow along here with the scripture passages and dialogue questions that are guiding our weekly conversations.
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- In church spaces, what are the messages we hear about the body? What did you pick up regarding bodies in faith spaces?
- What did you or do you need to hear about bodies?
- What would it look like to be awakened to the beauty and possibility of not only having a body but being a body?
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- What’s a fact, figure, conversation, or story you’ve heard regarding bodies and realize it might not be “quite right”?
- What does it look like to glorify God with your body? Where are places you should locate your body?
- What does it look like for us to glorify God with our collective body?
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In response to an embodied practice led by Dana Marks, actor, singer, teaching artist, and pilates instructor:
- What did you notice in your voice? Your body?
- What did this practice cause you to notice or pay attention to about the other bodies in the room? Our collective body?
- How, or in what ways, did the practice awaken a deeper invitation to love your flesh?
- Where might your body, your voice, need to shift to more fully be about God’s kin-dom vision?
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- What are social, environmental, political, and physical realities that affect our bodies?
- How are you understanding Paul's argument in relation to our lives at this moment in time, in the bodies we have?
- If our bodies are being disciplined by so many other forces, what are practices we can choose that will help shape our bodies into solidarity with Christ and our neighbor?
EWAY Youth & Kids
During this series, Emmaus Way Youth (sixth through twelfth graders) are exploring Healthy Relationships. Emmaus Way Kids (kindergarten through fifth graders) are exploring the embodied practices of Christian communities through the question: "What do Christians do?" And Emmaus Way preschoolers are having age-appropriate conversations on "My Amazing Body and How God Wants Me to Use It!" If you have questions about the youth, kids, or preschool programs or how to get your child involved, please don't hesitate to reach out to us here.
Join Us
We hope these resources offer just a few more avenues to engage with the Word of God and the work of the Spirit in our life together. Please join us on Sundays to dialogue around these sacred topics together. If you have questions for us or if there are any accommodations you might need in order to fully participate in our community, please contact us here.