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How to decode the hidden symbols of the Bible according to spiritual masters

Discover how to decipher the hidden symbols of the Bible according to spiritual masters: patristic methods, typology, literal/allegorical/moral/anagogic meaning, adapted lectio divina, recurring symbols (water, light, numbers), spiritual geography, and concrete practices to enrich your prayer life. This guide is accessible to anyone wishing to deepen their contemplative reading of Scripture.

7 Little-Known Biblical Literary Genres That Will Change Your Reading

Discover 7 often overlooked biblical literary genres — satire, hyperbole, extended parable, chiasmus, inclusio, antithetical parallelism and irony — that will transform your reading.

This is how current issues bring ancient texts to life.

Discover how contemporary issues — climate, migration, AI — reveal new dimensions of Scripture and renew biblical reading.

Avoiding the 5 fatal errors in interpreting biblical literary genres

Discover how to read the Bible correctly: 5 mistakes to avoid according to genre (irony, hyperbole, satire, narrative, poetry) for a deep understanding.

The exact protocol for integrating technology into your contemplation time

Practical protocol for digital lectio divina: integrate tech into contemplation, purify your digital space and transform your habits in 7 days.

How biblical authors mastered the art of modern persuasion

How biblical authors mastered the art of persuasion: discovering millennia-old narrative and rhetorical techniques applied to modern communication

Confession of a Skeptic: How Spiritual Podcasts Saved My Prayer Life

Confession of a skeptic: how spiritual podcasts revived my prayer life — intimate testimony, practical tips and advice for contemplative listening.

Biblical intercultural dialogue: your passport to a richer faith

Biblical intercultural dialogue: enrich your faith by discovering how African, Asian, and Latin American perspectives reveal new dimensions of Scripture.

Connecting the Bible and Modernity: The 7 Essential Steps to Revolutionize Your Approach to Scripture

Discover how to connect the Bible and modernity in 7 practical steps: identify your contemporary concerns, create thematic bridges, develop emotional resonance, practice reverse contextual reading, use your modern questions as hermeneutical keys, cultivate wonder and share in community — for a living, relevant and transformative reading of Scripture.

“Integrated into the building which has the Apostles as its foundation” (Eph 2, 19-22)

From exile to home: Discover how Ephesians 2:19-22 transforms our identity—becoming fellow citizens, family of God, and living stones of the temple through the Spirit.

“He chose twelve of them, and named them Apostles” (Luke 6:12-19)

Choosing Twelve to Transform the World: How Jesus' Night of Prayer Illuminates Discernment, Diverse Team Building, and Practical Mission

Why I Abandoned Traditional Bible Study Methods for This Revolutionary Approach

How I left traditional Bible study for digital lectio divina, finding intimacy and spiritual transformation.

The Secret of Great Preachers to Make the Bible Accessible to Everyone

How to Make the Bible Understandable for Everyone: Practical Methods for Preachers—Identifying the Core Message, Concrete Language, Historical Contexts, and Daily Study Rituals.

Stop Reading the Bible Like Your Grandparents (Here's Why)

Stop reading the Bible like your grandparents: discover how collective, participatory, and intercultural Bible reading renews faith and action.

The Thematic Approach to the Bible: Revolutionizing Your Spiritual Understanding

Discover the thematic approach to the Bible: connect your contemporary questions to biblical teachings.

Emeline d'Yèvres: Living the Prophecy Every Day

Emeline d'Yèvres, a 12th-century Cistercian hermit in Champagne, embodies the contemplative life and humble prophecy: radical penance, silent listening, and gifts of discernment placed at the service of the humble. Documented life and local memory meet in the account of her life at the barn of Perthes Sèches (Yèvres-le-Petit), her recognized prophecies—notably by Baron Symon de Beaufort—and her iconographic disappearance. Her example today questions our ability to discern divine signs in everyday life and to live an authentic asceticism, without pomp or the quest for recognition.

“You have received a Spirit who has made you sons, and in him we cry out, ‘Abba!’ that is, ‘Father!’” (Rom 8:12-17)

From slavery to sonship: how the Holy Spirit makes us cry “Abba” and transforms our identity, from fear to filial freedom and glorious hope.

“Should not this daughter of Abraham have been loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day?” (Luke 13:10-17)

Jesus heals the bent woman on the Sabbath: choosing mercy over legalism, calling to see and straighten the invisible.

We read the Bible completely backwards

Discover why our modern reading of the Bible often misses the point—and how lectio divina, a contemplative reading of the Church Fathers, can transform your relationship with the Scriptures by emphasizing slowness, meditation, prayer, and contemplation.

Why Ignoring Female Voices in Theology Impoverishes You Spiritually

Don't neglect women's voices in theology any longer: discover how their perspectives enrich biblical hermeneutics and transform spiritual life.