Episode 56: A Contemplative Approach to the Old Testament

January 06, 2022 01:01:57
Episode 56: A Contemplative Approach to the Old Testament
Latter-day Contemplation
Episode 56: A Contemplative Approach to the Old Testament

Jan 06 2022 | 01:01:57

/

Hosted By

Riley Risto

Show Notes

In this episode, after Christopher read a couple of dozen books on the Bible in a couple of weeks and recorded a three-hour introduction to the Old Testament on our sister podcast, LDPS Presents: Come, Follow Me with his co-host Ben Petersen, Christopher and Riley sat down to record this briefer conversation on the Old Testament. After touching on the complexities of authorship, canonization, translation, hermeneutics, exegesis, etcetera, Riley and Christopher set all of those complexities aside, take a deep breath, and go into contemplative reading of the Old Testament (or any other sacred text) through the Christian contemplative practice of Lectio Divina (Lat. “Divine Reading”) a traditional Christian monastic practice of scripture reading, meditation, and prayer, bringing peace—even just talking about it the practice of Lectio Divina after talking about the complexities of other approaches to reading scripture brought a palpable peace to Christopher and Riley you can sense in listening to the episode—a peace found in communion with the Divine through the Divine Reading (Lectio Divina) of divinely inspired writings.

Other Episodes

Episode 0

November 11, 2022 00:58:35
Episode Cover

Episode 73: Contemplating Justice

For this episode, Christopher and Riley are joined by LDPS member and contributor, Jeffrey Goddard, for a wide-ranging discussion on justice, sin & righteousness,...

Listen

Episode 0

June 17, 2021 01:00:16
Episode Cover

Episode 30: God's Unconditional Love

Christopher and guest co-host Shiloh Logan talk about the idea of divine unconditional love. There is some religious controversy over what God’s “unconditional love”...

Listen

Episode 0

October 17, 2021 01:08:57
Episode Cover

Episode 46: The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Christopher and guest co-host Shiloh Logan talk about the power of the stories that we tell ourselves and the impact that they have on...

Listen