Whole and Human: Forty Meditations for Liberating Body and Spirit - Softcover

Nagassar, Rohadi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 151381706X ISBN 13: 9781513817064

Publisher: Herald Press (VA), 2026

Synopsis

Awaken your senses to a life beyond survival

In an age of conflict, disparity, and uncertainty, do we really need more church practices built around self-denial, grief, suffering, penance, and fasting? For individuals and communities on the margins, we don't need weekly or daily reminders about grief--we have enough already. Instead, we need traditions that oppose death and decay with resurrection and triumph. We need to shout "Increase!" for access and collective participation with the deep and wide ethic of radical love.

In Whole and Human, author Rohadi Nagassar offers 40 meditations on our relationships with land, body, spirit, and justice with invitations to engage life-giving spiritual practices rooted in the five senses. In this guide for spiritual cultivation, we're not ignoring the hard times or any losses. But in the midst of heavy things, we can learn to counter daily challenges with restorative possibilities that help us not only survive calamity but thrive toward a new way of life.

It's time to nourish our bodies instead of denying them. It's time to cherish simple and beautiful moments, reengage our curiosity, amplify our wonder, pursue justice, and most of all seek ways to love ourselves and one another well. One day at a time.

About this title

About the Author

Rohadi Nagassar is a writer and ordained minister. He has served part-time in vocational ministry since 2009, including three church plants, most recently an online and inclusive expression called A Beautiful Table.

Nagassar is the author of When We Belong: Reclaiming Christianity on the Margins and producer/host of the Faith in a Fresh Vibe Podcast, now with over 80 episodes. His experience includes over 20 years in the private sector in marketing consulting and communications, and 15 years of nonprofit experience in organizational development and governance. He is also the founder of RoBarry Publishing and co-creator of an emerging writing space called the BIPOC Writers Collective.

Edition details

• Publisher: Herald Press (VA)
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 151381706X
• ISBN 13: 9781513817064
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200