Reading with our bodies means, first, learning to pay attention to what our bodies need: rest, relaxation, food that does not come from a vending machine. These things are important. But reading with our bodies also means reading in the midst of our lived experiences. It means listening to the rhythms and memories of our own bodies as we read the text. For example, it is possible to read about a subject such as baptism without ever connecting the words we read with our own experiences. But when we