Psalm 119 Lectio Divina Meditation

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This 'Lectio Divina' style meditiation was used at Youthwork the Conference. It makes use of a cool online presentation builder called Prezi (go to www.prezi.com to see other people's or create your own, for free!) You place words, images and video on a canvas, and then scroll around the screen, zooming in on preset areas. The creative possibilities for liturgy, bible readings, notices, (songwords?) are pretty much endless!

Lectio Divina is an ancient art of Bible meditation (see wikipedia for a fuller explaination). This guided meditiation takes you through reading and hearing the passage a number of times, then reflecting on the parts which jump out to you. The Youthwork DJ Steve Leach played a track by Jon Hopkins over the top (hear it on You Tube), but you could use another piece of music or none. We had two people doing off-stage voice over, one doing the instructions and the other reading the selected passages from Psalm 119 (see the pdf for a full script).

To use yourself - download the zip file from the downloads box above. Unzip the folder, but keep everything in the file. If you don't have it already, you may need to download Flash Player to view your file. Once you've done that, open the unzipped folder, and click on the icon marked 'prezi'. You can drag it over onto an extended desktop if you want, and full-screen the show using the icon on the bottom right. Use the arrows on the screen, or tab and backspace to advance through or back in the presentation. Go to prezi.com for fuller instructions. Better still, make your own and email us the link!

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I thought this worked really well at the conference - so much that I downloaded it myself! I think there are a number of bugs in the desktop version, causing it to crash very frequently.
Thanks for all your hard work at the weekend.

James - 2:44am - 23 Nov 2009

James - thanks! But sorry it isn't working for you. I'll have a look and try to upload a bug-free version.

Sam - 6:37am - 23 Nov 2009

James - I've gotten around to working out that there is a Mac and PC version. I'm assuming you used a PC? Could you try the new one posted above and see if that works better?

Sam - 1:10am - 01 Dec 2009

this is awesome! im showing it to my youth group at our next lock-in and im so excited to see how it goes over!!!

Emily - 9:20pm - 27 Dec 2009

Is this no longer available for download - I can't see it in the download box?

Steve (Balham Baptist)

Steve - 5:56am - 10 Mar 2011

Sorry Steve - took this down because there was a problem, and forgot to put it back up, but its there now. Enjoy!

Sam - 7:47am - 10 Mar 2011

Loved it so much, I have made my own! It only took me most of the day....
The link to it is http://prezi.com/ax_zzzubqo0p/ladies-retreat-day/
It is for our Ladies Retreat Day - constructive criticism welcomed!!

Lisa - 3:02pm - 23 May 2011

I would love to use this next week at a ladies meeting. I've managed to download it but am slightly confused by the script which seems to imply their is music alongside the visual. Is there music and if so, how do I access it?

Jane - 10:52am - 15 Mar 2014

Jane - as it says in the text above, the track we have typically used is Jon Hopkins 'Light through the veins', which you can hear on the YouTube link above. We can't sell that or give it away, but you could buy it as a mp3 download from Amazon, iTunes etc. Alternatively, find your own music track that suits the audience (needs to be about 10 mins long, and no words).

Sam - 2:47am - 17 Mar 2014

Hi Guys

I was hoping to use this on Sunday but am having a few issues - I can't find two versions (Mac & pc) are they still available. I tried playing it direct from Prezi site but it only cycles through the text twice not three times as in the script. It also has a 'jim is cool' phrase that pops up - I'm sure he is but is it meant to be there? Steve Rouse

Steve - 5:55am - 25 Aug 2017

Steve - apologies, I've checked this and I'm having the same issues as you, despite uploading a new version. I am also struggling to log in to my Prezi account! I've got to go to a meeting now, but I'll try and sort this out when I get back.

Sam - 6:10am - 25 Aug 2017

Steve - the one on the Prezi site is now fixed. I'll do the download one later.

Sam - 6:28am - 25 Aug 2017

thanks Sam - that seems great!! I'll be using it tomorrow!!

Steve - 10:48am - 26 Aug 2017

thanks Sam - that seems great!! I'll be using it tomorrow!!

Steve - 10:48am - 26 Aug 2017

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