
Word and Spirit to All!
A Spiritual Journey with the Gospel of Luke through the Acts of the Apostles
St. Scholastica Monastery or via Zoom
Session One: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
*Focus of Session One will be on Advent and Christmas
Rescheduled! Session Two: Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
*Focus of Session Two will be on Epiphany
Session Three: Tuesday, March 11 , 2025 from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
*Focus of Session Three will be Lent and Easter
Final Session: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
*Focus of Final Session will be Luke 24
Participants may come to any or all of the sessions.
The spiritual DNA of Luke-Acts (Word/Spirit/All) is simple yet complex, intensely personal yet cosmic in scope. Luke-Acts calls the people of God to a mission of life, community and world transformation. This mission is empowered by God’s Word, carried by the Holy Spirit, reaching across every edge to the ends of the earth.
The mission is urgent. Word and Spirit carry this vision to a world culture longing for meaning, yet holding a denial of transcendence and the autonomy of the self as highest values. Theologically we often settle for simple, one verse answers to complex questions. Word and Spirit call us deeper and wider. The full Luke-Acts context requires a synthesis of a broad expression of interpretive possibilities.
Join us in person or by Zoom for this workshop series which will follow the drama of Luke-Acts through the rhythms of the church year, utilizing a “robust” lectio divina framework.
Facilitator: Pastor Dave Mesner is an Oblate of the Order of St. Benedict at St. Scholastica Monastery. He is a spiritual director who received his Master of Divinity at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, IL and his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies and Classics from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Pastor Dave has served in multiple congregations and faculty positions throughout Minnesota in his 40 years of ordained ministry, and, most recently, he has been the Lead Pastor of Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Duluth, MN for the previous 20 years. Pastor Dave resides in Duluth with his wife, Joyce.
Suggested Offering: $15 per session or $40 for the series.