Whilst on the train I’ve read Read, Think, Pray, Live: A Guide to Reading the Bible in a New Way by Tony Jones. It’s a nice short book, 154 pages, looking at the topic of Lectio Divina. The book starts by addressing three questions:
- Ways we read the Bible
- Why pray the Bible
- Where did Lectio Divina come from?
It then breaks down the process of Lectio Divina into the …
- Lectio
- Mediatio
- Oratio
- Complemplatio
The second half of the book includes Tony’s experience of this process himself, in his youth small group and with his large youth group. It then gives a number of example practices and exercises.
This is a helpful little book, more helpful than others because it grounds itself in the practice and reality of life.
