Bent and Broken

From my point of view the world has no horizon, a person is known by her feet, the road is a slow rolling river of dust.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 17, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devina Comments

Weeding

When I met her, she was sitting in a rocking chair on a front stoop just big enough for her chair, a pot of red geraniums, a mat that did not say welcome, and me.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 10, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

Ready and Waiting

Here are the things I need to be ready: Boots that fit, Socks that give the boots a little room for error…

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleAugust 3, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

Created in Song

Her hands speak. The skin is smooth, even at her age, polished by time and care.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleJuly 26, 2022ThemeXLI, Captured by Capturing, Scriptural Imagination, Lectionary, lectio devinaComment

The B-I-B-L-E

The B-I-B-L-E
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, Week 2
by Andrea Lingle

The B-I-B-L-E, yes, that’s the book for me.

Actually, I have a rather volatile relationship with the B-I-B-L-E. It is a book that I have read and re-read, but do not understand. It is surprising, confusing, infuriating, and precious. There are stories that have left me terrified, inspired, and everything in between.

Wisdom for the Way, DevotionalAndrea LingleSeptember 20, 2017The Wesleyan Quadrilateral, theme VI, Andrea Lingle, lectio devina, Bible, reading the Bible, contemplative, scriptureComment