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My Advent Class on Lectio Divina!

Hello my friend!

At some point (maybe last week, maybe several years ago) you signed up on my site, GaryNealHansen.com to be notified when I launch online prayer classes. I've just re-launched my Advent class and wanted you to be the first to know.

Lectio Divina in Advent

I first developed this course in 2016. I had written the little book in the picture. It's a modern introduction to the classic Christian practice known as "lectio divina" or "divine reading." (You can get it for free with a subscription to my newsletter.)

It's a way of bringing prayer and scripture together. We call the Bible God's "word" after all, because that's where God chooses to speak to us. It's where we find the other half of the conversation.

On our own, prayer can be either a monologue or a confusing silence. Bringing scripture into prayer is a meaningful way to make prayer a vital conversation. There's room to speak. There's room to listen.

Many Christians only encounter Scripture intellectually--rather than prayerfully. Lectio divina takes the Scriptures very seriously, but it doesn't stop with study. We engage our full selves and we access the Bible more deeply as a result.

It's a really life-giving practice -- small wonder that Christians have been doing it for something approaching 2000 years.

The core of the class is video lessons, reading my little book, and engaging in a step by step exploration of this classic practice. There is an optional discussion forum. This year, for the first time I'm going to offer a weekly Zoom session for all members of the class so we can make it all the more lively and engaging.

Advent has four weeks.

Luke's Gospels have four songs in the Nativity story.

Lectio divina has four steps.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

I hope you'll join me in this class. You'll explore a great prayerful practice that has changed the lives of disciples for centuries. And you'll make this Advent the time of spiritual renewal you need it to be.

Registration is open. It will close at midnight the first Sunday of Advent. (Yikes! That's December 1!)

May this be your best Advent ever.

Gary

That button down there will take you to a full description and info on signing up.

I hope to see you in the class!

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