One of the greatest privileges in living in this community is witnessing moments of my neighbours encountering Jesus. Recently the journey of some of our neighbours has brought encouragement to our community as they glimpse the well of life.

Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been trying to introduce, during times our neighbours meet, a way of encountering the Word that has previously helped open my eyes. Both in the Tough Journey group I’m part of and our weekly worship gathering we’ve used Lectio Devina as a way of encountering scripture.

Lectio Devina is nothing new as it’s been around the last last 8 centuries. Usually used for personal reading of the bible, we’ve been using a group format to read together. Basically it’s about intentionally encountering and putting yourself in a passage of scripture then sharing that as a group. The site www.rc.net/saginaw/srsclare/lectio.html explains a bit more in detail.

Lectio Devina is a regular practice of UNOH workers. However trying to lead a group in Thai has been challenging. It helps that Lectio Devina is very suitable for those who find reading difficult as our neighbours do. The only text I’ve seen my neighbours read voluntarily has been Manga cartoons. But recently we’ve found a Manga Jesus story and that’s had a good response too. www.nextmanga.com

I’m not able to post the Thai text here but here’s a link to download it so that other Thais might be able to use this tool. www.sendspace.com/file/i0tf2x Also in the hope some of my Thai friends can improve on my atrocious translation and email me back a better version. Thanks for your patience as this learner slowly gets there.

Your bro in Christ,

Rod.