Lectio Divina Lesson 1 — Nashotah House Chapter
“We can do nothing without Him; it is He who achieves our works in us, and yet not entirely without us.”| Nashotah House Chapter
Lectio divina is nothing out of the ordinary. It is simply what happens naturally when Christians wrestle with the biblical text. The Latin term may intimidate us into thinking that it is something different from what we typically do in reading the Bible. But the Latin term divina does not mean esoteric; it is more akin to our term holy. The Scriptures are holy—set aside for a unique purpose. Scripture is divine in the sense that it has a special place within the church. Lectio divina simpl...| Nashotah House Chapter
“We can do nothing without Him; it is He who achieves our works in us, and yet not entirely without us.”| Nashotah House Chapter
Hans Boersma explores the theological underpinnings of the practice of lectio divina, or divine reading.| Nashotah House Chapter
I’ve attempted several times to get my head round the (pre-modern) four ‘senses’ of Scripture, but Timothy Ward gives a particularly clear explanation.| Anthony Smith
