“Continue in my word”

‘If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples;
and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.’
— from John 8.31-42

On Wednesday evenings we assemble nine-square on screens
for lectio divina. Faithful sharers, we know the drill. Welcoming
the Spirit into this cyber-space to snag our hearts with a word or

phrase. Three readings of a psalm. Gathered silence. The go-rounds
(we are free to pass). Familiar faces and yes, though our beyond
lives unknown, often familiar responses. The one puzzling out

the sense. Another pondering relationships. A third already haloed.
Still, week by week our nuances disclose the gentle tugs, budging
budging us, altogether tangled in the Word’s traces, out of bounds.

Clare Bryden “Continue in My Word”, Conversations, Volume 2 Number 2, March-April 2025.