Tag: Contemplative prayer
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Chewing the cud of scripture: lectio divina
By The Rev’d Penny Jones: Don’t let the Latin put you off! Lectio divina just means ‘divine reading’ – it means above all a slow, reflective reading of scripture and can be compared to allowing the words of scripture to gently dissolve in our hearts and minds. It is the spiritual version of ‘slow food’.…
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The art of finding God in all things
By The Rev’d Jane Trigg: Ignatius of Loyola, long before he became a saint and the founder of the Jesuits (the Society of Jesus), was a 16th century Spanish soldier, courtier, and lover of women. Like many of us today, his life was a journey that was unexpected and surprising, and along the way he…
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Pieces of the heart: out of the mouths of babes
By Fr Daniel Hobbs: I was dropping my son Jack off at school one day when he was in Grade 2. When we arrived at the school, he was in the back rustling through his things and putting on his school bag when we had the following conversation. Jack: “Hey, Dad. Did you know…