Ruah Space

In this Lectio Divina episode, Erin guides a Lectio Divina practice with Luke 18:1-8. Lectio Divina is a way of listening to Scripture with a prayerful Spirit. Sit back, create some space, and encounter God in Scripture! Luke 18:1-8 (NIV) Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray […]

In this episode, Erin and Phil dive into the importance of numbers in the Bible. Through the use of Numerology and Gematria, big names with simple meanings, we can gain insight into what the authors of the Bible were trying to convey to us. Understanding the symbolism and connections they were making can help us […]

In this Lectio Divina episode, Phil guides a Lectio Divina practice with 1 Kings 19:19-21. Lectio Divina is a way of listening to Scripture with a prayerful Spirit. Sit back, create some space, and encounter God in Scripture! 1 Kings 19:19-21 (NIV) 19 So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was […]

In this episode, Phil and Erin dive into the importance of repetition in Scripture. Authors would repeat words, sometimes right next to each other and sometimes at the very beginning and end of a book or letter, to point out a major theme or give direction for how to understand everything else they are writing […]

In this guided meditation, Phil leads a short visualization, tells a couple stories, and guides a short meditation in stillness. No matter what we are feeling, whether it be fear or anxiety, doubt or joy, stillness helps us become present to it, name it, and engage it in a life-giving way in the presence of […]

In this Lectio Divina episode, Phil guides a Lectio Divina practice with 2 Peter 3:8-13. Lectio Divina is a way of listening to Scripture with a prayerful Spirit. Sit back, create some space, and encounter God in Scripture! 2 Peter 3:8-13 (NIV) “But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a […]

In this episode, we discuss the importance of context when reading Scripture. Using a line a Rabbi taught Phil that “God doesn’t waste ink,” we explore why we need to pay attention to not only the passage we are reading, but the words, phrases, and larger movements of the text that surround it. We use […]

In this Lectio Divina episode, Erin guides us through Lectio Divina with Psalm 82. Lectio Divina is a way of listening to Scripture with a prayerful Spirit. Sit back, create some space, and encounter God in Scripture! Psalm 82 (NIV) 1 “God presides in the great assembly;  he renders judgment among the “gods”:  2 “How long will […]

In this episode, we tackle chiasms! A literary device that sounds weird but is a structure that Bible authors used in order to point us to important lessons found in their writings. We teach the basic idea and then look at how the story of Zacchaeus found in Luke 19 is a chiasm and what […]

In this episode, Phil is joined by Dr. Paul Wallace, a physicist who also has a Master of Divinity degree, to discuss how creation, and therefore science, has so much to teach us about God, love, and ourselves. Rather than threatening our faith, science invites us into a larger, more mysterious, and humble faith. Whether […]