read and encountered, and flows naturally from meditatio. At this point we enter into personal dialogue with God. This activity nurtures the feeling side of our temperament. We share with God the feelings the text has aroused in us, feelings such as love, joy, sorrow, anger, repentance, desire, need, conviction, consecration. We pour out our heart to God in complete openness and honesty, especially as the text has probed aspects of our being and doing in the midst of various issues and relationships. At the
