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The Rev'd Penny Jones

Director of Formation, St Francis College, Milton and Priest-in-Charge, The Parish of Auchenflower-Milton

The Rev'd Penny Jones

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The Rev’d Penny Jones is the Director of Formation at St Francis College, Milton and Priest-in-Charge of The Parish of Auchenflower-Milton. Penny has Masters degrees in English literature and theology from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. She is a qualified dance and drama teacher, Interplay facilitator, spiritual director and labyrinth facilitator, with a particular interest in the interface between spirituality and the body.

 

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Chewing the cud of scripture: lectio divina

Lectio divina just means ‘divine reading’ – it means above all a slow, reflective reading of scripture and can be compared to allowing the words of scripture to gently dissolve in our hearts and minds. It is the spiritual version of ‘slow food’,” says The Rev’d Penny Jones as she takes us through how to practise this ancient form of contemplative prayer as a group