See previous issue: Celtic Spirituality: Finding God in the Everyday If you have read any of the famous Russian novels, such as Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace  or Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov , you encountered Russian Orthodoxy—one of several branches of Eastern Orthodoxy. Historical, cultural, linguistic, and administrative differences, rather than theology, distinguish the various branches.   Other branches include, for example, the Greek Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Church,...

See Previous Issue: Lectio Divina: The Sacred Art of Divine Reading In this blog, we will be exploring Celtic Christianity, an expression of Christianity that has had a profound influence on my own life. It flourished roughly between the 5th and 10th centuries in the ancient British Isles, notably in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.   Some of the more popular saints associated with Celtic Christianity are: Saint Patrick (385–461) who is the patron saint of Ireland and is known for converting the...

See previous issue: Benedictine Spirituality Have you ever tried praying the Scriptures? In this blog, I am going to introduce you to Lectio Divina,  which is Latin for “Divine Reading.” It’s nothing more than meditating upon the Scriptures and praying them meaningfully and purposefully. Many people get hung up on the word meditation, but Eugene Peterson explains,   Lectio divina  is a way of reading the Scriptures that is congruent with the way the Scriptures serve the Christian community as...