Archive - The Lectio Letter

The Lectio Letter - Issue #82 - The Way On Is Not The Way Back - Mapping the Seasons of Faith, Pt. 1

"Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms--to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to…

Apr 26

March 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #81 - Significantly Insignificant

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.” — CS…

Mar 28

February 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #80 - A More Political Faith

“…for many today faith is defined as the opposite of evidence-based truth. This is neither a biblical nor a Christian understanding of faith.” — Matthew…

Feb 27

January 2024

The Lectio Letter - Issue #79 - All the books I read in 2023 Reviewed

"Christians don't simply learn or study or use Scripture; we assimilate it, take it into our lives in such a way that it gets metabolized into acts of…

Jan 23 •

December 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #78 - Holding on to Hope

“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a…

Dec 24, 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #78 - Gardening your inner life at the end of the year

Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. — Genesis 2:8 "I love to think of nature as an…

Dec 8, 2023

November 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #77 - Why I don't (often) give practical advice followed by 3 pieces of practical advice

“You should remember that a word of good advice does not apply to every situation. Except this advice, of course.” ― Richelle E. Goodrich “People who…

Nov 17, 2023

October 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #76 - Who's in and Who's Out and Who is in the Centre?

The question which Baker has us think about throughout his book is whether following Jesus is about a line we cross or a direction we face. True…

Oct 1, 2023

September 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #75 - Part III of "You need Therapy!" - Interview with Anne Harrington

“So many Christ-followers have not had an experience of Jesus as our ultimate healer; deep down they fear that if they allow their wounds to be exposed…

Sep 13, 2023

August 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #74 - Part II of "You need Therapy!" - Interview with Anne Harrington

Welcome to Issue #74 of the Lectio Letter. This members-only newsletter is filled with music, film and food suggestions, links, and an article written…

Aug 31, 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #73 - You need Therapy! - INTERVIEW with Anne Harrington

“God's passion is to rig the world so that we are compelled to deal with whatever blocks us from being like His glorious Son.” ― Dan Allender "Spiritual…

Aug 15, 2023

July 2023

The Lectio Letter - Issue #72 - A Deeper Christian Maturity - Part 4

“Becoming like Jesus is as much as about having a relaxed and joyful heart as it is about believing and doing the right thing, as much about proper…

Jul 25, 2023

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