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“Praying with Scripture” on The Way Podcast

November 15, 2021 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

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My good friend Fr. Dustin Lyon, with whom I used to regularly pray Orthodox vespers on Saturdays, hosted me on his podcast to talk about praying with scripture. Fr. Dustin’s podcast is called “The Way” and it’s hosted with an active group of Orthodox Christian podcasts called “The Ephesus School Network.” On the page with […]

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Enrollment Is Open for My Lectio Divina Class!

November 20, 2017 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Hello friends! I haven’t posted on my blog for a long while due to publication deadlines and other obstacles. But at several speaking engagements I promised to run my online course on classical lectio divina again this Advent. The classic form of this ancient spiritual discipline is far richer (and a far better starting point) than […]

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Lectio Divina on the Song of Simeon

December 21, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen 2 Comments

St Simeon the God Receiver What does it mean to receive God? What does it mean to “see” your salvation? Those are questions that come to mind when you pray your way through “The Song of Simeon,” the old man to whom Mary introduced the Baby Jesus in the Temple. The Orthodox call him “St. Simeon the […]

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New Online Class for Advent — Lectio Divina

November 24, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

Advent starts Sunday! And so does my brand new online class on lectio divina. I suspect that, like me, you want this Advent to be a time of deepening your connection with God — instead of being swept into the hurly burly of shopping and office parties. As the prophet and the gospel remind us, we need to […]

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Upcoming Webinar on Lectio Divina

October 17, 2016 by Gary Neal Hansen Leave a Comment

As I write, it is mid October. From my kids’ perspective two things stand between now and Christmas: Halloween and American Thanksgiving. (In our house we have already celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving. Multiple cultures make for extra thankfulness.) For the Church, though, there is another whole season between now and Christmas: Advent, the four week period when […]

Filed Under: Bible, Church Year, Prayer Tagged With: Lectio divina, Presbyterian Outlook, scholarships, Webinar

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