From Solo to Symphony

Reconstructing Scripture: From Solo to Symphony

While many of the ideas and practices handed down to us about God and the church may have shifted, there is something about Jesus we still find compellingly beautiful. Often, after letting go of what wasn’t working, we struggle to find a way forward that shapes our lives to mirror the Beloved Community of God. 

Our Fall Vision series, Reconstructing Rhythms, continues with Christopher Mack gathering us to for the practice of Lectio divina as a way of stepping into God’s Story, even as we find it infusing in our being. [Mark 12:28-34]

Reflection 

1. How does the relational nature of this scripture conversation between Jesus and the scribe impact how you might reflect on scripture?
2. Where do you experience the disconnect in your life from hearing scripture and embodying it?
3. How might our experience of scripture be different if we try making a meal of it (formational) instead of reading it for helpful or inspiring bits (informational)?

Resource

1. Book: Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices that Transform Us by Adele Ahlberg Calhoun
2. Book: Opening to God: Lectio Divina nad Life as Prayer by David Brenner
3. Book: Solo: An Uncommon Devotional by Eugene Peterson, Jan Johnson, J.R. Briggs, and Katie Peckham
4. Book: Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene Peterson

PDF: Vox Veniae Lectio Divina