TRANSPORT TO A DIVINE ENCOUNTER WITH LECTIO DIVINA

Reading, Listening, and Changing

“Scotty, beam us up!” Captain Kirk and the heroes of Star Trek called on the wizardry of 23^rd century Transporting to move from one place to another in their epic quest to go where no man had gone before. In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Kirk even beams up beautiful Gillian with him to the Enterprise. Wow!

I recently experienced a mental/spiritual transport through the practice of Lectio Divina. During a retreat led by spiritual director, Dr. Mallory Wyckoff, our group was taken to the shores of the Sea of Galilee. There stood Jesus, teaching from a boat, to a crowd from the village.[1] We joined the crowd through minutes of guided reflection, transported like James Kirk to a different place and time.

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