Archive - The Lectio Letter

The Lectio Letter - Issue #96 - Spiritual Formation is a “dedication to reality at all costs”

Each afternoon...I draw aside my curtain to the world and find a soul waiting to speak...They tell me their news and they seek counsel and I have…

Aug 22

June 2025

The Lectio Letter - Issue #95 - The Revolution will be Catered

I'm writing a shorter Lectio today as I'm immersed in a wonderful family reunion in the Devonshire Countryside.

Jun 20 •

May 2025

The Lectio Letter - Issue #94 - A Domestic Monastery in a World of Chaos

“I've learnt to become deeply suspicious of advice which leads Christians to create too much distance between our inner life and some kind of outer…

May 23

April 2025

The Lectio Letter - Issue #93 - Chasing Money Changers and Pouring out Perfume this Easter Week

“If man had his way, the plan of redemption would be an endless and bloody conflict.

Apr 16

March 2025

The Lectio Letter - Issue #92 - 40 Pieces of Advice at 40

“Advice; It’s more fun to give than receive “

Mar 25

The Lectio Letter - Issue #91 - What's Your Calling? | 3 Pieces of Advice

“But Calling, as I see it, is the way God has called you to bear His Image in the World.

Mar 3

January 2025

The Lectio Letter - Issue #90 - All the books I read in 2024 Reviewed

"Spiritual reading, for most of us, requires either the recovery or acquisition of skills not in current repute: leisurely, repetitive, reflective…

Jan 23 •

December 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #89 - Advent's Good News: Your life is too small and You Can't Work Hard Enough

Advent is the season that, when properly understood, does not flinch from the darkness that stalks us all in this world.

Dec 20, 2024

November 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #88 - 3 Reasons I (often) don't call myself a missionary

"Unfortunately, evangelicals in mission still tend to proceed as though their major problems are methodological.

Nov 22, 2024

October 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #87 - Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

“Discipleship and spiritual formation are less about erecting an edifice of knowledge than they are a matter of developing a Christian know-how that…

Oct 27, 2024

September 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #86 - 10 Things for Travel & How Technology changes what occurs to us to do

Welcome to Issue #86 of the Lectio Letter. This members-only newsletter is (normally) filled with music, film and food suggestions, links, and an…

Sep 10, 2024

July 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #85 - The Kids Aren't Alright - Anxiety and Technology

“With so many new and exciting virtual activities, many adolescents (and adults) lost the ability to be fully present with the people around them, which…

Jul 16, 2024

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