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So here's the thing - I'm probably not the person you expected to write a book like this. I'm Justine Hudson, and I'm what you might call a walking contradiction, at least according to most people I meet. I'm a devout Orthodox Christian. I mean the real deal - I go to Divine Liturgy every Sunday, I fast during Great Lent, I pray the Jesus Prayer, I venerate icons, and I believe with every fiber of my being that Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins and rose again on the third day. I also happen to be a nudist. Like, a serious, committed, this-is-how-I-live-my-life nudist. I know what you're thinking. Trust me, I've heard it all. ""How can you be a Christian AND a nudist?"" ""Isn't that immodest?"" ""What would the Church Fathers say?"" ""Aren't you worried about lust?"" And my personal favorite, usually delivered with a scandalized whisper: ""But Justine, what about... temptation?"" Here's what I want you to know right up front - I'm not writing this book to convince you to become a nudist. I'm really not. I'm not trying to start some kind of movement or revolutionize Orthodox Christianity or anything like that. What I am trying to do is tell you my story, share how I've navigated these two seemingly opposite parts of my identity, and maybe - just maybe - help you think a little differently about bodies, shame, and what it really means to be created in the image of God. My husband John and I have been living this life for years now, and it hasn't been easy. We've faced judgment, confusion, and plenty of awkward conversations. We've had to really wrestle with Scripture, with Church teaching, with our own consciences. We've made mistakes, learned lessons, and figured out how to live authentically in both worlds - the world of Orthodox Christianity that we love with all our hearts, and the world of naturism that feels like coming home to who we really are. I'm writing this in my usual way - casual, conversational, probably too honest for my own good. My spiritual father says I have the spiritual gift of saying what everyone else is thinking but is too polite to say out loud. I figure if God gave me that gift, I might as well use it. So you're going to get the real me in these pages - the stories, the struggles, the funny moments, the hard moments, and everything in between. This book isn't a theological treatise. I'm not a priest or a theologian or a scholar. I'm just a woman who loves Jesus, who loves her husband, and who happens to believe that the human body as God created it is beautiful and good and nothing to be ashamed of. I'm someone who's figured out how to pray naked, how to fast naked, how to live a life of faith and devotion while also living a life free from the constraints of clothing.

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