A Coaching Session on Lectio

Turning to the Mystics with James Finley

Center for Action and Contemplation

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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On this special episode, Jim coaches Kirsten in implementing the Lectio practice that he has been teaching from Guigo II's work on The Ladder of Monks. Resources: Turning to the Mystics is a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation. To learn more about Jim, visit jamesfinley.org  For the transcript for this podcast can be found here. The book being used for this season can be found here. Connect with us: We also produce other podcasts you might enjoy. To learn more about them and our other offerings, visit cac.org This podcast is made possible, thanks to the generosity of our donors. If you would love to support the ongoing work of the Center for Action and Contemplation and the continued work of our podcasts, you can donate at cac.org/podcastsupport Thank you!

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast by the Center for Action and Contemplation
0:04.2	to learn more, visit caac.org
0:08.3	Greetings. I'm Jim Finley.
0:11.0	And I'm Kirsten Oates.
0:13.0	Welcome to Turning to the Mystics.
0:23.0	Welcome everyone to Turning to the Mystics.
0:27.0	I'm here with Jim, and we're going to have a special episode
0:31.0	where Jim is going to coach me and guide me in implementing
0:38.0	the lexio practice that he's been teaching from Griego the Second.
0:43.0	And we're going to be using the podcast as a kind of audio lexio
0:50.0	and as an invitation for you to use the podcast in that way going forward.
0:56.0	Thank you for being here Jim. Yes, yes, I'm glad we're doing this.
1:00.0	The idea and Kirsten I'm kind of talking about this is that how it might be helpful.
1:06.0	Instead of just thinking of it as listening to me quote a mystic like Griego.
1:13.0	And then comment on Griego.
1:16.0	And comment on Griego's insights on how to do lexio.
1:20.0	Instead, you'd be listening to the actual podcast as the lexio.
1:25.0	And it's how to listen to the podcast as your lexio divina or since lexio
1:30.0	lexio is Latin for read.
1:32.0	So it's like your audio divina.
1:34.0	You're like a contemplative listening and Kirsten I will do back and forth
1:39.0	and we'll model that for you as things that come up within her on phrasing or whatever.
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