The Lectio Letter

By Liam Byrnes

A Fortnightly newsletter with links, music, recipes and one article from me focussed on Christian formation, Theology and Discipleship

Previous issues

The Lectio Letter - Issue #56 - Becoming a People of Forgiveness | Part IV

#56 Nov 20, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #55 - Becoming a People of Forgiveness | Part III

#55 Nov 4, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #54 - Becoming a People of Forgiveness | Part II

#54 Sep 25, 2022

#53

Sep 10, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #53 - On the Death of Queen Elizabeth II – O God, give the king your justiceand the king’s son your righteousnessso that he may judge your peopl
#52

Sep 9, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #52 - Becoming a People of Forgiveness Series | Part I – "The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him." Daniel 9:9“If
#51

Aug 20, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #51 - Attention Deficit Disorder Christianity – "God is everywhere present, breathing on this world and turning it to fire. Where you stand is the ga
#50

Aug 1, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #50 - How (not) to change the world , Part 3 – "If there is a constructive way forward for Christians in the midst of our broken but also beautiful
#49

Jul 18, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #49 - How (not) to change the world, Part 2 – "If we are to be kingdom–announcers, modelling the new way of being human, we are also to be cross-be
#48

Jul 1, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #48 - How (not) to change the world, Part. 1 – "...[a] final caution about setting out to change the world: the unspoken assumption in nearly every
#47

May 13, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #47 - What is "Kingdom" work? – “There's not a square inch in the whole domain of human existence over which Christ, who is Lord over
#46

Apr 15, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #46 - A Short tirade on why "Religion" doesn't need to be a dirty word – "We are moving toward a completely religionless time; people as they are now simply cannot be religio
#45

Mar 25, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #45 – “Recalling and confessing our sin is like taking out the garbage: once is not enough.”-- Cornelius Pl
#44

Feb 18, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #44 - How do Christians Change? | Part 1 – "The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and left untri
#43

Jan 20, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #43 - All the books I read in 2021 reviewed! – “The reading of the book was a journey. There was no need for souvenirs.” “Writing a book, just like
#42

Dec 25, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #42 - This Christmas we don't escape we Inhabit – "In the Christian story God descends to reascend. He comes down; down from the heights of absolute be
#41

Dec 19, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Advent 2021 - Issue #4 - Learning from Mary that Hope takes Practise – O Lord Jesus Christ,who at your first coming sent your messengerto prepare your way before you:grant
#40

Dec 12, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Advent 2021 - Issue #3 - Who has the time to wait to become Citizens? – The Advent CollectAlmighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put up
#39

Dec 5, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Advent 2021 - Issue #2 - The World is getting undressed – "Advent is the the time between--between the first coming of Christ and the second coming, between da
#38

Nov 29, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Advent 2021 - Issue #1 - Happy New Year Christians! – No, I haven't lost my mind. Yesterday, was the first day of the Christian New Year. Yesterday was the
#37

Nov 24, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #37 - Learning to Lament with the Psalms – “The use of these ‘psalms of darkness’ may be judged by the world to be acts of unbelief and failure,

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