This adult education session will be devoted to encounters with displacement, adversity, and mystical experience. The presenter will share her own experiences and elicit contributions from participants. The session will encompass spontaneous mystical experiences as well as meditation and the growth of higher states of consciousness. Constance L. Benson, M.Phil., M.Div. is a scholar, educator, […]
Lectio divina ("divine reading") is a contemplative practice of reading sacred texts. The method involves four successive ways of reading: lectio (read), meditatio (reflect), oratio (respond), contemplatio (rest). In this five-part series (one in-person on Sunday 2/16, and the rest on Wednesday evenings through Zoom), we will practice lectio divina together, drawing on religious and […]
Lectio divina ("divine reading") is a contemplative practice of reading sacred texts. The method involves four successive ways of reading: lectio (read), meditatio (reflect), oratio (respond), contemplatio (rest). In this five-part series (one in-person on Sunday 2/16, and the rest on Wednesday evenings through Zoom), we will practice lectio divina together, drawing on religious and […]