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December 2012

December 31, 2012
One of the advantages of having a lot of spiritual direction training programs around these...
December 24, 2012
There are two basic  styles of spiritual direction you can choose from, and it’s important...
December 21, 2012
Although I have written a lot here about training programs for spiritual directors, it is...
December 03, 2012
Let’s say you are seriously considering the time and money commitment to a formation and...

November 2012

November 27, 2012
Though the practice we call spiritual direction has its roots in the monastic desert movement...
November 04, 2012
Since spiritual direction is a faith-oriented practice, there is no standard regulation or licensing available....

October 2012

October 25, 2012
Part of every spiritual director’s training is (or should be) education in the art of...
October 16, 2012
Does a candidate’s faith matter? Patheos has asked its bloggers to reflect on this question...
October 15, 2012
One of the greatest gifts a spiritual director brings to any leadership team, council, session...
October 10, 2012
For a paltry fee most any spiritually-oriented group can hire a spiritual director to lead,...
October 01, 2012
No matter what I’m invited to do at churches or spirituality gatherings, I’m covertly doing...

September 2012

September 24, 2012
Group spiritual direction is as varied as the groups and directors involved. There are two...
September 17, 2012
  You can learn things with others than you don’t learn by yourself or with...
September 14, 2012
Two people sitting in a quiet, private space perhaps with a lighted candle on a...
September 07, 2012
When you are in need of a safe place to share your spiritual questions and...
September 04, 2012
It's great to have a friend you can talk to about your spiritual life. But...

August 2012

August 31, 2012
There are very real differences between spiritual direction and counseling (also known as therapy). You...
August 27, 2012
A common misconception is that spiritual direction is mostly about people’s discomfort or problems. In...
August 21, 2012
Spiritual exploration is not for the fainthearted. If all you want from your spiritual journey...
August 14, 2012
I'll throw down with Tony Jones any day and talk about God. Gladly. In fact,...
August 13, 2012
What does spiritual direction actually do for a person? How can we assess whether this...
August 10, 2012
Discernment doesn’t have to be some heavy, serious, complicated process.  Just this week I was...
August 06, 2012
Sometimes you just need a simple, practical way to explore your choices.  For that, we...

July 2012

July 27, 2012
If you don’t know enough about Quakers to stand in utter awe of their understanding...
July 23, 2012
Not everyone wants or needs a step-by-step process for spiritual discernment. But for those who...
July 20, 2012
You could fill a library with books written about spiritual discernment. Here’s a distillation of...
July 16, 2012
Out of our awareness of God and our trust in God grows the practice of...
July 13, 2012
Many people come to spiritual direction wanting to better understand an experience of God from...
July 09, 2012
Silence is sometimes referred to as God’s first language. But how you feel about silence...
July 05, 2012
The first step in any spiritual journey is awareness--becoming open to a reality beyond yourself....
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