Have you ever had an experience where you felt particularly aware of God? If God is real, and we are created in God's image, then it makes sense that our minds and bodies would be designed with the perceptive ability to sense and experience God.

Scientists are now discovering ways that our bodies are designed to connect with God. Brain research shows that our brain systems are wired to enable us to have spiritual experiences. The spiritual circuits that are used in prayer or worship are also involved in developing compassion for others. Our bodies have actually been created to love God and serve our neighbors.

Award-winning journalist Rob Moll chronicles the fascinating ways in which our brains and bodies interact with Godand spiritual realities. He reports on neuroscience findings that show how our brains actually change and adapt when engaged in spiritual practices. We live longer, healthier, happier and more fulfilling lives when we cultivate the biological spiritual capacity that puts us in touch with God. God has created our bodies to fulfill the Great Commandment; we are hardwired to commune with God and to have compassion and community with other people.

Moll explores the neuroscience of prayer, how liturgy helps us worship, why loving God causes us to love others, and how a life of love and service leads to the abundant life for which we were created. Just as our physical bodies require exercise to stay healthy, so too can spiritual exercisesand practices revitalize our awareness of God.

Heighten your spiritual senses and discover how you have been designed for physical and spiritual flourishing.



Michael Card is an award-winning musician and performing artist. His many books include A Fragile Stone, Inexpressible, The Nazarene, and the Biblical Imagination Series on the four Gospels.







Rob Moll (1977-2019) was an award-winning journalist and communications professional. His career included roles as an editor for Christianity Today, communications officer for World Vision, and director of business operations for EventideAsset Management. His writing appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Books and Culture, and Leadership. He was also the author of What Your Body Knows About God.



Foreword by Michael Card

Introduction: Created for Communion



Part 1: Spiritual Bodies

1. This is Your Brain on God

2. Born Connectors

3. Monkey See, Monkey Do

4. Life Together

5. Wired forIntimacy

6. A Path Through Suffering



Part 2: Spiritual Growth

7. Practicing the Disciplines

8. Worship: Engaging the Senses

9. Acts of Service



Part 3: It Works!

10. Neuro-transformation

11. The Great Physician

12. Going Public with the Good Life

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author