The Life of the Body: Physical Well-Being and Spiritual Formation

What does exercise have to do with our soul?

How do sleeping habits relate to being conformed to the likeness of Christ?

What does the body have to do with spiritual formation?

As a spiritual director, I pondered these questions with my directees. Co-author Valerie Hess explored such questions with her spiritual formation graduate students.

We discovered that the life of the body has quite a bit to do with the life of the soul.

Together we created a book for Christ-followers to ponder choices like these:

• what you eat
• worship and the body
• seasons of life for the body and the soul
• caring for the planet as part of spiritual formation.

Each chapter contains creative exercises along with reflection questions to engage your body and soul with these themes.

This is not just a book to read.  It’s an invitation to a new way of experiencing God.