#80: Redeeming Touch (with Lore Ferguson Wilbert)
“God gave you your body. The way it moves, the way it responds, the way it flinches, is yours. God cares intimately about your body and invites you to be a partner in the healing of it.”
Lore Ferguson Wilbert is a long-time blogger and author of the new book, Handle With Care: How Jesus Redeems the Power of Touch in Life and Ministry. Lore (pronounced Lor-ee) joined me on the show to discuss the wonder of the Incarnation, the playfulness and delight of Jesus, platonic vs sexual touch, healthy touch in community, and my wife’s philosophy on hugging. For a healthier church, for a healthier, more embodied world, I highly commend this interview and Lore herself to you.
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Read the opinion piece in The Guardian, “I desperately miss human touch. Science may explain why.”
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