Guides
How the practices are actually done
Lectio Divina, the prayer journal, the daily office, the examen — the practices Christians have kept for centuries, each explained plainly enough to begin this morning. Free to read, and written to be used rather than admired.
Prayer & journalling
How to Keep a Prayer Journal
A prayer journal is simply a written record of your prayers — what you asked, when you asked it, and what came of it. Here is how to start one and, harder, how to keep it.
ReadKeeping an Answered Prayer Journal
A record of what you asked for, and what came of it. The half of prayer journalling almost everyone skips — and the half that changes how you pray.
Read60 Prayer Journal Prompts
Sixty prompts for the mornings when the page stays blank — grouped by what you have come to the page carrying.
ReadThe ACTS Prayer Method
Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication — an old four-part shape for prayer, and why the order matters more than the letters.
ReadThe Prayer of Examen
Ignatius' evening review — five movements, fifteen minutes, and the one practice he told his order never to skip.
ReadHow to Pray the Psalms
The Church's prayer book for three thousand years. How to pray them rather than read them — including the ones that say things you would not.
ReadKeeping a Christian Gratitude Journal
Gratitude journalling with an addressee. How the Christian practice differs from the wellness version, and how to keep it from going stale by March.
ReadScripture & meditation
How to Do Lectio Divina
The ancient practice of reading Scripture slowly enough to be read by it — four movements, a worked example, and how to begin this morning.
ReadScripture Passages for Lectio Divina
Forty short passages suited to slow reading — psalms, gospel encounters, parables and prayers — with a note on why each one repays the time.
ReadThe SOAP Bible Study Method
Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer — four letters that turn a daily reading into something you can hold on to. How it works, with a worked example.
ReadHow to Meditate on Scripture
Christian meditation is not emptying the mind but filling it — with a few words, held long enough to change you. Four methods, and how to begin.
ReadChristian Meditation and Mindfulness
They look alike from outside and are aimed at different things. What the two practices share, where they genuinely diverge, and how Christians have answered the question.
ReadGroup Lectio Divina
How to lead Lectio Divina with a group — the usual shape, the timings, and the two rules that keep it from turning into a Bible study.
ReadWhere to Start Reading the Bible
Not Genesis, and definitely not page one. A reading order that gets you through the first three months, and why the usual advice fails.
ReadVisio Divina — Praying With Images
Lectio Divina's older sibling, practised with an image instead of a text. Four movements, what to look at, and why it suits people who find words difficult.
ReadThe Inductive Bible Study Method
Observation, interpretation, application — the method that asks what the text says before deciding what it means. Slower than it looks, and worth it.
ReadDaily practice
How to Have a Daily Quiet Time
Twenty minutes, the same way, most days. How to build a daily time with God that survives past February.
ReadHow to Pray the Daily Office
The Church's fixed-hour prayer, kept unbroken for fifteen centuries. What the office is, how to begin, and why it asks so little of your mood.
ReadHow to Read the Bible in a Year
Fifteen minutes a day gets you through the whole thing. Which plan to choose, why most attempts fail in February, and what to do when you fall behind.
ReadThe Church year
The Liturgical Year Explained
Advent to Christ the King — the seasons of the Church's calendar, what each one is for, and why the colours change.
ReadPraying Through Advent
Four weeks of waiting, in a month organised around not waiting for anything. How to keep Advent as a season rather than a countdown.
ReadHow to Observe Lent
Forty days of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. What Lent is actually for, how to choose a discipline that lasts, and what to do when you break it.
ReadHoly Week, Day by Day
From Palm Sunday to Easter morning — what happened on each day, what the Church does with it, and how to keep the week if you are doing it alone.
ReadThe Library
Where the guides explain a practice, the Library explains the thing itself — the cross and its forms, the orders of angels, the Ten Commandments, the English translations and how they differ.
Articles, Scripture and the prayers of the Church
Reference articles, verse collections by theme, the catechisms, the lectionaries, the prayer book, and the voices of the tradition — gathered in one place and free to read.
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