Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 8 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—Comtemplation
Advent 2023-Lectio Divina part 7 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—Prayer
Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 6 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—Nothing happened?
Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 5 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—Meditation
Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 4 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
40 years a dad
It was 40 years ago that a baby was placed in my hands. This was the child we had been waiting for 9 months, watching the bump grow and grow, eventually with me being woken in the night by tiny kicks in the back. Incredibly, my wife was not awakened by the kicks inside. I …
Lectio Divina—Reading
Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 3 This Advent I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—Prep
Advent 2023—Lectio Divina part 2 This Advent, I am going to look at the practice of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favorite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Lectio Divina—An introduction
Advent 2023-Lectio Divina part 1 This Advent I am going to look at the practise of Lectio Divina, mostly because it is my favourite form of prayer and meditation. Lectio Divina means "Divine Reading" in Latin. It is a systematic way of reading the Bible dating back to the early centuries of the Christian church. …
Growing in the darkness—Psalm 69
Psalms of David "The Lord hears the needy." This was the standout verse when I did my Lectio Divina on Psalm 69. This on one level is a typical lamenting psalm in that it uses an extended metaphor of a drowning man to describe the prayer of someone who is being persecuted for being faithful …
Making an ass of myself 