Rev. Dr. Amy Richter, who was the inspiration of my post two days ago, writes the following in response:<\/p>\n
Dear Kristina! Thank you so much! I am so honored–and inspired–on your beautiful riff on building the body of the church. Fantastic! Thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking response. I can’t wait to read more of your work!<\/em><\/p>\n In the interest of full disclosure, the contest took place 8 years ago. The experience and the subject of embodiment continues to intrigue, delight, and perplex me, so I wrote about it recently. I chose to write the piece so that it would feel more timeless, and therefore, I hoped, more accessible to readers, rather than being a piece of history. The trophy still makes me smile, and I still work out and love that I can lift really heavy weights. I compete in at least one athletic event a year (lately it’s triathlons), because that, too, brings me delight, although what I experience most often is a sense of camaraderie amongst the women who are all giving it our best.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Thank you again for your ministry!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Amy<\/em><\/p>\n Amy, thank you for reading- and most of all, thank you<\/em> for your work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rev. Dr. Amy Richter, who was the inspiration of my post two days ago, writes the following in response: Dear Kristina! Thank you so much! I am so honored–and inspired–on your beautiful riff on building the body of the church. Fantastic! Thank you for your thoughtful and thought-provoking response. I can’t wait to read more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":461,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187,5],"tags":[640,638,637,639],"class_list":["post-1806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-saints-and-sinners","category-women","tag-body-of-christ","tag-feminism-2","tag-women-body-builders","tag-womens-bodies"],"yoast_head":"\n