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This is the Feathermane Soul Blogcast for June
23rd, 2026.
This is the body theology blog, when the
body doesn't feel sacred.
This blog is going to go out to
everyone who has a chronic illness, or a
disability, or a food allergy, body dysphoria, or
even just burnout and exhaustion.
Your body is sacred.
I'm going to get a little academic here
for a moment and mention that I'm using
the more secular definitions of sacred, such as
highly valued and important, or set apart for
a specific use.
In this case, your life.
Basically, I'm meaning sacred in the opposite of
profane.
With me, good.
There are times when the body feels like
a trap, when we don't feel at our
best, or we're worrying over some symptom that
could be just about anything, and we're not
sure we're going to get proper treatment for
it, or even if anyone believes us.
Dealing with chronic illnesses, food allergies that suddenly
come out of nowhere, it can all feel
like too much.
And even if we're used to something, say
for example a chronic illness, having something new
crop up, such as a new food allergy,
hello to my potential alpha-gal diagnosis, we
can completely turn our world on its end
while we try to once again negotiate our
relationship with our body.
What I'm trying to say is that there
are times when our body really doesn't feel
like something important, or something devoted to its
specific use, which is as a vehicle for
our lives.
How does one manage then?
The first step is to understand the grief
surrounding your body's form and function.
Honor the grief, work through the grief, reach
out for help.
Most of all, understand that there is nothing
wrong with grieving the loss of a food
you once used to enjoy, bacon, or grieving
the fact that you may not be able
to do what you once could, or never
have been able to do something at all.
And although it's hard, I believe that IDIC,
the Star Trek saying, infinite diversity in infinite
combinations, also applies to our bodies, their shapes,
sizes, and abilities.
The second step is to think about your
relationship with sacred.
Too often, we consider something sacred as being
set apart and kept for specific times and
places, such as the good china that only
comes out when grandma visits.
Instead, think about sacred as intermingling with our
everyday lives, and our everyday lives can be
extremely sacred.
Imagine the sacredness inherent in your morning cup
of coffee, the ritual you go through, even
if you don't think of it as such,
and making the coffee in the way you
enjoy those first few sips.
Finally, allow yourself to feel the way you
feel.
There are no bad feelings.
I know I've asked you to understand some
concepts, and perhaps even change your relationship to
them, but how and when you do that
is up to you, or if you do
that.
When our bodies don't feel sacred, when we're
frustrated by the changes in them or the
limits that they have, it sucks.
It doesn't feel good, and allowing yourself to
acknowledge that fact and comfort yourself however you
like is sacred work too.
Life is like a cell with permeable edges
and various moving parts.
That's what creating your own body theology is
like, and that's the dance that is understanding
your own body theology, and just how sacred
your body really is.
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