This week, Patrick J. Wilson, in his lectionary blog for The Christian Century, shared a wonderful meditation on the body, even the ailing body, being "fearfully and wonderfully made." What timing this blog entry was for me, as I finish my second week of radiation!

It is easy, isn't it, to wonder at the body that excels: the fabulous major league pitcher, the amazing little gymnast, the willowy beautiful model, even the local aerobics instructor captures our attention and amazement. But these days I am just as aware of the wonder of my own body.

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On Trinity Sunday my pastor, Verne Arens gave a fantastic sermon on the doctrine of the Trinity. (No, really!) Among the things that it specifically discussed was how we experience God in different ways through different circumstances, and that some of these ways are expressed well by this doctrine. Another thing he discussed is that some of us have a particular affinity for specific persons of the Trinity.

I am definitely a Holy Spirit person. I feel most alive when I am creative - when new things are blowing through me and I am inspired. This is particularly true when I am experiencing new forms of connectedness and relationship. After all one theological approach to the Holy Spirit is through the connectedness of the persons of God!

But this morning, laying on the radiation table, praying, I realized I direct prayer for healing to God as the Creator, the one who calls me into being. Or perhaps to a different persona of sort - a beloved image from my childhood as a Roman Catholic (though this is not a strictly Roman Catholic Image) of the great physician. This is particularly true in these days when my life is touched by so many caring, committed, capable, and surely called health professionals!

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