On Reading Literature Devotionally

I’m on a roll: here’s another new page “On Reading Literature Devotionally” using material from the Festival Circle that I recently led at the Calvin College Festival of Faith & Writing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Thanks to a fun group of folks for wonderful discussions and reflections! We practiced “lectio sacra” with the poem “Nativity” by Li-Young Lee (from Book of My Nights) and journaled our reflections about an excerpt from Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. Both writers were festival speakers, and both excerpts were things I had wanted to include in At the Still Point: A Literary Guide to Prayer in Ordinary Time but was unable to due to reprint costs. So it was fun experimenting with the material.

Feel free to visit the new page and leave your thoughts on reading literature devotionally.