The first lesson this week is a great story to enter via lectio. For meditatio you might try asking yourself, When am I like the characters in this narrative?
2 Kings 5.1-14
Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man and in high favor with his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man, though a mighty warrior, suffered from leprosy. Now the Arameans on one of their raids had taken a young girl captive from the land of Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. She said to her mistress, "If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy." So Naaman went in and told his lord just what the girl from the land of Israel had said. And the king of Aram said, "Go then, and I will send along a letter...(read more)
Lectio Divina (LEK-see-oh dee-VEE-nah) is the ancient art of slow, contemplative praying of the Scriptures. Through it the Bible becomes a means of a deeper experience of God. The practice of lectio is both a tool and a treasure kept alive over the centuries by Christian monastic communities, but anyone spending regular time with lectio can discover spiritual rhythm in daily life.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Sunday, June 20, 2010
The Fruit of the Spirit
If we 'read, mark, learn and inwardly digest' Paul's encouragement to his friends in Galatia, what will the Spirit be saying to us at this moment in our lives?
...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
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...the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.
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Monday, June 14, 2010
Elijah's Journey
Hard to imagine a more potent story to take into the practice of lectio divina. Give it a try.
1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a
1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and... (Read it all)
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