Brad Bursa

  • What is lectio divina?

    Lectio divina is an ancient practice that dates all the way back to the earliest stages of the monastic movement. The spirit of it can be found in St. Antony the Great (251-356), though many credit St. John Cassian (360-435) with bringing the practice to the West from the East. Regardless of its earliest origins,…

    Brad Bursa

  • Observations from my first Stephen Wilson Jr. concert

    My wife gifted me (us) tickets to the first stop on Stephen Wilson Jr.’s Gary the Torch tour in Columbus, Ohio last week. I’ve been listening to Stephen Wilson Jr. for, I don’t know, eight months or so. Overall, I’d say he’s wrecked me. There’s something about the depth of the poetry combined with grungy…

    Brad Bursa