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Although I recommend reading all the entries in the Perfectly Human series, and it was nearly impossible to choose a “favorite” from among them, Melissa Florer-Bixler’s “Broken Bodies, Blessed Bodies<\/a>” provides one beautiful reflection upon why bodies matter, and how we can come to understand the brokenness and blessedness of our bodies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although I recommend reading all the entries in the Perfectly Human series, and it was nearly impossible to choose a “favorite” from among them, Melissa Florer-Bixler’s “Broken Bodies, Blessed Bodies” provides one beautiful reflection upon why bodies matter, and how we can come to understand the brokenness and blessedness of our bodies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disability","category-faith","category-perfectly-human"],"yoast_head":"\nFavorites of 2010: Broken Bodies, Blessed Bodies - Thin Places<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thinplaces\/2010\/12\/favorites-of-2010-broken-bodies-blessed-bodies.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Favorites of 2010: Broken Bodies, Blessed Bodies - 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