In my early twenties, during my first year of divinity school, illness profoundly disrupted my life: I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. I struggled with how to cope with this new reality, unable to imagine what my future would hold. I had never considered that I might become disabled, much less how God related to disability. Of course, this was shortsightedness on my own part: while not everyone will experience chronic illness, almost all of us will experience disability if we live long enough. Coming to terms with this reality is essential for all Christians, because we experience God in and through our bodies.

The wounds of a resurrected God help us live with ours.