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Wounded and Whole
A Sermon and Performance Art for Hope

Posted by Laura Stone / North Manchester, IN
11/15/2022
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​"If Jesus is the model for our living, we might expect him to be a model for our resurrection, too. So why does our resurrected Jesus have wounds?"

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In her sermon, Laura Stone presents a radical reinterpretation of healing and wholeness and calls us towards a reimagining of what it means to accept our own disabled bodies. God loves us, she says, "not in spite of our bodies, but within our own embodiment." Following her deeply moving sermon, Laura and her friend Peggy embody a poem from Rainer Marie Rilke's Book of Hours, leaving us with the promise that God holds our hand as we walk through the night.

Watch the full sermon and performance art in the video below. Closed Captioning is available by clicking on the "CC" button on the bottom of the video screen.

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The "Larger Project" mentioned in Laura's sermon will occur on November 20, 9:30 am at Manchester Church of the Brethren. It will be available via livestream and later posted on the church's Youtube channel.

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Peggy Gilbert is a retired school teacher who taught physical education and English, which is how she fell in love with poetry. Peggy has been a dance teacher and a choreograher. She grew up in North Manchester, IN. Peggy is a mother of two and grandmother of three.

Laura Stone is chaplain at Timbercrest Senior Living Community in North Manchester, IN.  She has worked in residential mental health and music ministry. She is aunt to three girls and lives with a small clowder of cats. Laura is a spiritual director and SoulCollage facilitator.


ADN partners with congregations to create barrier-free community life for all persons. Our Barrier-Free Grant program offers financial assistance to Anabaptist congregations for projects that facilitate barrier-free community life, mutual awareness, caring support, and accessibility education. If your church wants to survey your overall accessiblity, check out our new congregational assessment survey.

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