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 #47 - What is "Kingdom" work?

#47 May 13, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #46 - A Short tirade on why "Religion" doesn't need to be a dirty word

#46 Apr 15, 2022

The Lectio Letter - Issue #45

#45 Mar 25, 2022

#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,
#36

Oct 31, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #36 - The Difficult Work of being "For" something – "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where th
#35

Oct 8, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #35 - Deconstruction without Destruction? – Is there a way to walk through this deconstruction with Jesus into deeper faith? Is it possible to co
#34

Sep 13, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue 34 - Will the Conservatives or Progressives Save the West? – The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between politic
#33

Aug 23, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #33 - Why is it better for Jesus to leave? – ‘We read to know we are not alone..’ - C.S. Lewis in Shadowlands
#32

Jul 22, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #32 - The Strength of Gentleness – “There's so much to be grateful for, words are poor things.” ― Marilynne Robinson, Home
#31

Jul 6, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #31 - The Anger of Jesus – “The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good be
#30

Jun 15, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #30 – “A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.”— Mark Twain
#29

May 15, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #29 - What kind of smoke fills the temple – “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any oth
#28

Apr 12, 2021

The Lectio Letter - Issue #28 - The God who asks Questions – "Answers before questions do damage to the soul." – Henri Nouwen

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