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. …
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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. …
Does God speak differently to autistics?
There is a difference between neurodiversity and neurodivergent: Neurodiverse is about a group of people, we are all different from each other. A single person is not neurodiverse, though neurodivergent people do refer to themselves as neurodiverse. Neurodivegent refers to people who have a brain that works significantly differentle to the norm, conditions such as …
It ends with grace—Titus 3:15
The prayers of Paul I started this series on the prayers of Saint Paul found in his writings in the New Testament back on the first Friday of August 2022. This last post was published on the last Friday of July 2023. It has been a year, though there have been breaks for Advent and …
Respect—2 Timothy 1:16-18
The prayers of Paul Chapter 1 of Paul's Second letter to Timothy can be be read as being one long prayer which he interrups to introduce a new subject, in this case respect. It follows the pattern of his first letter, where the first two chapters can be considered a prayer. This is a series …
Unnatural talent?-2 Timothy 1:3-7
The prayers of Paul Paul is praying for Timothy, and God gives him a clear picture of Timothy's faith which Paul now shares with Timothy. This is an example of the gift of prophecy in action. This is a series of the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the …
Pray without quarrelling—1 Timothy 2:1-9
The prayers of Paul We are still in the opening prayer of Paul in his first letter to Timothy. The short version is that prayer should be for all by all. For a slightly longer version, read on. This is a series of the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him …
Transformation—1 Timothy 1:12-17 part 2
The prayers of Paul In part 1 we looked at Paul's argument that the law is good, it shows where dangers lie but it does not transform lives. The Gospel shows the glory of God in Jesus and Jesus transforms people. Paul sets out in the prayer about how his life has been transformed. This …
Commandments and strength-1 Timothy 1:12
The prayers of Paul 1 Timothy 1:12-17 part 1 v 12 This is a series of the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated with the first letter to that destination. …
Anxiety—Philippians 4:6-7
The prayers of Paul This is a series on the prayers of St Paul found in the letters attributed to him in the order he is believed to have written them. Letters to the same place or person will be treated together with the first letter to that destination. There are two prayers here. The …
Making an ass of myself 