Lectio Divina is an ancient method of praying with scripture.  It consists of four movements.  I like to think of it as having begun with monastic scribes, laboring in their scriptoriums.  To begin, you need to choose a passage of scripture to pray with.  I sometimes also use Lectio Divina with poems and the writing of the … Continue reading Lectio Divina

For these last few stations, I found that I had very little to say.  Sometimes tragedy is best dealt with in silence.

A line of people stood looking at a small table.  It was empty, but they’d been told that there was a television on it, and asked to describe that television.  “Use the phrase, ’it is,’ at the start of your description,” John Poole told them.  Hesitantly, people offered their phrases.  “It is black.  It is … Continue reading Fully Alive! An Improv Retreat in Chicago