Jordan Stones Blog

In order to not re-create the wheel unnecessarily, I am going to point you to Bible Gateway, one of my favorite Bible resources, for a high level understanding of this ancient practice of reading the Scriptures: Lectio Divina    What is the Lectio Divina? Life isn’t a race to the end but rather a gift given moment by moment. If we want to experience the abundant life God offers, we have to release our controlling, productivity-oriented approach to engaging faith and Scripture. So how do we give Scripture a spacious place to work in our lives? The answer lies in the ancient Christian practice of   lectio divina . In the early church of the 200s, some Christians chose to withdraw and seek God in the desert as a way of life. They lived an austere and simple existence, and it was in the desert that the ancient practice of   lectio divina   (Latin for “divine reading”) began .   Lectio divina   is an unhurried, contemplative reading of a porti...

As Spring is completing its work and we round the bend toward summer, focus with me for a second on these seasons we are moving between and the correlating emotional and spiritual phases that are available to us in our journey.  I found a couple soul-food gems here that I want to share. First, I must back up with you a little bit.  Recall not too long ago: Winter. The trees shed their leaves, become bare and the darkness of long nights and short days extends longer and longer. The ground is hard and dry, crackling under foot. In my own experience this past winter there has been quite a turning inward, withdraw, hibernating, breaking off limbs that no longer serve (quite literally…total hip replacement for me in December!).  Sometimes internal territory, soul territory, can be so disorienting.  Ever feel that way?  What is essential…and what is not?  What is original…and what have I manufactured? What holds meaning….and what just keeps m...