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Spiritual Direction Demystified
I can’t tell you how many times people have told me if they had only...
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Spiritual Direction as a Wellness Practice
I’ve been thinking a lot about why I love the practice of spiritual direction so...
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Spiritual Direction for the Exvangelical
What happens when a person finds the evangelical Christianity they once were part of doesn’t...
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Three Experiences, One Grace: What Spiritual Direction Means to Me
From time to time, I will have guests post here on the subject of "what spiritual...
December 11, 2017
What Spiritual Direction Means to Me — Janet Ackerman, OP
From time to time, I will have guests post here on the subject of "what spiritual...
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November 29, 2017
Sexual Misconduct in Spiritual Direction
Sexual misconduct isn’t limited to the entertainment or news businesses. All of that messy, improper...
November 06, 2017
Giving “Thoughts and Prayers” a Break
When tragedy occurs we naturally want to reach out with words of comfort. Lately, so...
November 01, 2017
Learning from our Reactions Along the Spiritual Path
There seems to be a universal pattern to life, including the spiritual path. Action →...
October 2017
October 17, 2017
Losing Your Religion: How Spiritual Direction Can Help
Losing the religion you grew up with can be a heart-wrenching experience, and it’s one...
September 2017
September 25, 2017
Discernment in a Fake News World
To practice spiritual discernment—the process of making faithful choices—you must have as many facts as...
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August 31, 2017
Spiritual Direction and a Rejection of the Nashville Statement
Evangelical Christian leaders who refuse to accept LBGTQIA+ persons as they are recently released their...
July 2017
July 14, 2017
Holding Feet to the Fire: The Role of Accountability in Spiritual Direction
Occasionally I hear someone say they want a spiritual director who will “hold their feet...
June 2017
June 26, 2017
Spiritual Direction in an Anxious World
Spiritual direction is not a cure for anxiety but anxiety frequently comes up as people...
May 2017
May 22, 2017
Is Media Overload Dulling your Spirit?
Confession time. I’m addicted to refreshing my twitter feed. And the result is I’m on...
May 16, 2017
Who are we doing all this for? God-talk on The Leftovers
The urge to speak with God face to face and understand great mysteries is a thread...
May 01, 2017
What Clergy Need to Know about Spiritual Direction
Spiritual direction is a clergyperson’s best friend. Deep listening and discernment enhance the life of...
April 2017
April 26, 2017
Spiritual Direction for the Resistance
A young minister colleague came to me last week and said, “we really need spiritual...
March 2017
March 21, 2017
Spiritual Direction and the Most Common Spiritual Block
If I were to poll spiritual directors and ask what is the most common concern...
March 01, 2017
5 Ways to Observe Lent this Year
Many Christians observe the season of Lent with 40 days of a spiritual practice of...
February 2017
February 24, 2017
How to Find the Right Spiritual Director
One of the advantages of having a lot of spiritual direction training programs around these...
January 2017
January 20, 2017
How to Say Goodbye to your Spiritual Director
All relationships have a lifespan, and the relationship between a person and their spiritual director...
January 03, 2017
5 Ways Spiritual Direction Can Improve Your New Year
Have you included “getting spiritually grounded” on your list of goals for 2017? If so,...
December 2016
December 29, 2016
Young Adults as Spiritual Directors
The field of spiritual direction harbors an unfortunate bias against young adults becoming spiritual directors....
December 02, 2016
Discernment as a Visioning Tool
Many churches and faith based organizations do good work in the present but have difficulty...
November 2016
November 14, 2016
Spiritual Direction for the Deeply Troubled
An elderly minister I visit regularly in my job as visitation pastor for my church...
October 2016
October 03, 2016
Spiritual Direction and Election Anxiety
For highly sensitive people like me, news in the fall of a presidential election year...
September 2016
September 19, 2016
5 Ways Spiritual Direction Promotes Freedom
Spiritual direction takes freedom very seriously. We want to feel free to be the...
October 2012
October 15, 2012
Spiritual Direction and your Leadership Team
One of the greatest gifts a spiritual director brings to any leadership team, council, session...
September 2012
September 14, 2012
What a Spiritual Direction Session Looks Like
Two people sitting in a quiet, private space perhaps with a lighted candle on a...
August 2012
August 31, 2012
Spiritual Direction vs. Counseling
There are very real differences between spiritual direction and counseling (also known as therapy). You...
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