What Does It Mean to Be a Child of God? — MacDonald on Sonship
What does it mean to be a child of God? George MacDonald’s slow answer — three passages on sonship, the Father’s love, and the line that opened C. S. Lewis.
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What Is My Identity in Christ? — Owen on the Indwelling Christ
What is my identity in Christ? John Owen’s slow answer — three passages from Communion with God on the identity built on the Father’s eternal love.
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Who Am I in Christ? — Murray on Abiding Identity
Who am I in Christ? Andrew Murray’s slow answer — three passages from Abide in Christ on the identity that does not shift when your performance does.
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What Does It Mean That God Is Sovereign? — Tozer on the Knowledge of the Holy
What does it mean that God is sovereign? Tozer’s slow answer from The Pursuit of God — the attribute the modern church almost forgot how to mean.
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How Does God Love Us? — Spurgeon on the Steadfast Love
How does God love us? Spurgeon’s slow answer from Morning and Evening — a love older than your worst day and steadier than your best.
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What Are the Names of God? — Spurgeon’s Treasury Walk
What are the names of God? Spurgeon’s slow walk through the Psalms — the names Israel learned by living next to the God who answers to each of them.
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What Are the Attributes of God? — Tozer’s Plain Theology
What are the attributes of God? Tozer’s plain theology, read slowly across three passages — the qualities the church has always meant by the word ‘God’.
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What Is the Trinity? — Augustine’s Slow Answer
What is the Trinity? Augustine’s slow answer, read across three passages from Confessions — the doctrine the West spent thirty years explaining.
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Why the Psalms Were the Church’s Prayer Book — Augustine’s Defence
Why are the Psalms important — and why did the early church pray them daily for centuries? Augustine’s defence, walked slowly. A contemplative essay.
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What Is Lectio Divina and How Do You Actually Do It?
How to practice lectio divina — the four slow monastic movements of reading scripture, taught by Bernard of Clairvaux. A contemplative walkthrough.