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Built on Solid Ground: Teresa of Ávila on Stumbling and the Foundation That Holds (Lectio Divina)
What if every stumble on the way to God proves you have lost ground? Teresa of Ávila insists the soul that keeps walking has nothing to fear from turning back, yet fear of falling short is the very thing we carry into prayer. This reflection sits with the ache of stumbling again, and with…
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Hand to the Plough: Athanasius of Alexandria and the Longing to Turn Back (Lectio Divina)
What if the thing you gave up for God is the very thing you keep longing to go back for? Athanasius records Antony’s blunt warning about looking behind, and this reflection sits with the quiet pull of old comforts when God feels far away, and with what that backward glance really is.
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Estranged From Ourselves: St. Gregory the Great and the Self That Must Be Denied (Lectio Divina)Template
Christ’s call to deny yourself and take up your cross sounds like loss — but what if it’s closer to being unmade and remade at once? St. Gregory the Great names a strange kind of self-denial: not the destruction of who you are, but a growing estrangement from who you used to be.
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Crucified Desire: Ignatius of Antioch and the Murmur of Living Water Within (Lectio Divina)
What if the thirst you can’t seem to satisfy was never meant to be quenched by anything you’re chasing? Ignatius of Antioch, writing on his way to martyrdom, names a longing so complete it has already crucified every rival desire — and this reflection sits with what it costs to let that murmuring water…
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Not Only Christians, But Christ: Augustine on Becoming His Body (Lectio Divina)
What if becoming a Christian was never the destination, but the beginning of becoming Christ Himself? Augustine’s audacious claim about head and members reframes baptism, breath, and even your next Communion as something far more intimate than belief.
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The Still Small Voice and Korean Stew (Lectio Divina)
A Lectio Divina reflection on anxiety, identity, and transformation — drawn from a traffic jam on I-495, a podcast about Bonaventure, and a bowl of Korean stew. Drawing on Bonaventure’s Soul’s Journey into God, this post explores what it means when God refuses to take us back to who we once were, and why…