Join other committed Christians in an 8-week study (includes a preparatory session) designed to help you experience scripture as a place of transforming encounter with God. This Companions in Christ resource promotes the classical practice of lectio divina to develop patterns of being engaged by God in scripture. The following topics are addressed:
- Scripture: A Place of Transforming Encounter
- Silentio: Preparing to Be Read by Scripture
- Lectio: Ingesting the Word
- Meditatio: Wrestling with God
- Oratio: Letting God Know How We Feel
- Contemplatio: Abandoning Ourselves to God in Love
- Incarnatio: The Word Becoming Flesh in Us
Marjorie J. Thompson is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has served as director of the Pathways Center for Spiritual Leadership and as spiritual director to Companions in Christ, a program outgrowth of the Pathways initiative of The Upper Room. Companions in Christ is a series of small-group resources for spiritual formation in local congregations, suited to ecumenical use. Marjorie has exercised a ministry of teaching, writing, and spiritual guidance for many years.
Robert Mulholland is professor of New Testament at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky.