The Lectio Series
The Lectio Series is a semi-annual symposium on spiritual theology hosted by the St Benedict Center. Keynote speakers address varied topics on spiritual formation and the inner life. Lectio events will be held in the spring and the fall each year.
Previous Lectio Series
Turning Pain Into Pilgrimage: Meditations from Psalm 84
The Revd Dr Michael Lloyd, Keynote Speaker
March 20, 2023
The St Benedict Center welcomes the Revd Dr Michael Lloyd, Principal of Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, as the keynote speaker for our upcoming Lectio Series event. Dr Lloyd has taught theology at Cambridge University, St Paul’s Theological Centre, and the University of Oxford. His particular interests are: the problem of pain; the problem of evil; and theology and music. He is the author of Cafe Theology: Exploring Love, the Universe and Everything.
Come join us for what promises to be an encouraging and enlightening evening meditating on Scripture and our Christian experience. Dr Lloyd’s lecture will be a timely address as Christians walk the way of the cross with Jesus this Lenten season.
Past Lectio Events
Beyond Narnia: C.S. Lewis, Imagination, and Spiritual Formation — October 2022
Last autumn, the St Benedict Center welcomed the Revd David Beckmann, Executive Director of the Christian Study Center of Chattanooga and regular contributor at the C.S. Lewis Foundation blog , as our keynote speaker. Session titles are below, which may be viewed on this page our via our YouTube channel.
- Session 1: Lewis’ Life and Fiction
- Session 2: The Nature of the Imagination, Dialogues with Owen Barfield, and Radical Orthodoxy
- Session 3: The Imagination and Christian Hope
Encountering Jesus in Darkness, March 2022
Dr Preston Hill, Assistant Professor of Integrative Theology at Richmont Graduate University, delivered three addresses for our Spring 2022 Lectio Series on the theme Encountering Jesus in Darkness. Session titles are below, which may be viewed on this page our via our YouTube channel.
Session 1: Let This Cup Pass: The Heartache of a Divided Will
Session 2: My God, Why?: The Problem of Evil and Divine Hiddenness
Session 3: Into Your Hands: Holy Saturday and the Surprising Hope of Surrender
Q & A Session
Inaugural Lectio Event, October 2021
The theme of our first Lectio event was The Gift of Liturgy for Spiritual Formation. We hosted the Revd. Dr. Winfield Bevins as our first keynote speaker for The Lectio Series. Winfield is the author of several books, the most recent of which is Ever Ancient, Ever New: The Allure of Liturgy for a New Generation. Winfield shared his thoughts on the four-fold movement of liturgy to shape us for spiritual formation in mission.