As we continue in the season of Advent, Gena St. David reflects on how experiencing embodied peace more often may lead us to sacrifice fewer things that are alive both inside and outside ourselves [Hebrews 10:5-10].

Reflection

• What forms of sacrifice still tempt you today?
• Where are you learning to distinguish between the artificial and the real?
• How are you being “made holy” through embodied trust?

Practice

• Discernment. Distinguish between what’s real and artificial through Scripture, listening prayer, our own bodies.