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August 2024

August 07, 2024

Make the Most of Spiritual Direction

You’ve made the commitment. You’ve set aside the time for spiritual direction. But you wonder...

February 2024

February 07, 2024

Accepting What We Cannot Change

One of the hardest spiritual practices in life is accepting that which we cannot change....

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Honoring the Inward Altars

Guest blogger Dr. Amber H. Jones -- Some think of spiritual direction as a vocational...

December 07, 2021

Unitarian Universalist Spiritual Direction – for the Spiritual but not Religious

People who are spiritual but not religious seek spiritual directors who can be attentive to...

May 2020

May 29, 2020

Prayer During A Pandemic – It Can Be Challenging!

Don’t know about you, but I’ve needed a lot of help with prayer during the...

September 2018

September 17, 2018

Praying for Our Enemies

If we are to love our enemies, as Jesus emphatically taught, we ought to keep...

September 04, 2018

Listening to Spirit: Interpreting the Diversity of the Divine Voice

For some time now, the motto of my denomination, the United Church of Christ, has...

August 2018

August 17, 2018

The Truth About Spiritual Growth

People usually enter spiritual direction in order to experience spiritual growth. It’s a tough thing...

August 02, 2018

What To Expect When Meeting with A Spiritual Director

Spiritual direction may be exactly what you need, but if you are not sure what...

July 2018

July 03, 2018

The Holiness of Ordinary Time

Although these days feel pretty extraordinary in their weirdness, Christians are actually deep into what...

December 2017

December 27, 2017

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...

August 2017

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...

August 08, 2017

Praying for Peace in a Frightening World

If the threats of nuclear war are getting to you and you need a new...

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...

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...

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...

December 2016

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...

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...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Spiritual Direction and the Clergy Person

We need healthy religious and spiritual leaders in our faith communities--bright, energetic ministers who embody...

August 01, 2016

Holding our Pain: A look at “The Gift of Hard Things” by Mark Yaconelli

This post is part of a roundtable discussion about the new book The Gift of...

July 2016

July 18, 2016

Don’t Give Up!

The division and violence of the last few weeks compels me to promote the spiritual...

May 2016

May 23, 2016

Spiritual Direction and Transgender Persons

Spiritual direction can be a wonderful, life-giving experience for gender non-conforming people. With the right...

May 11, 2016

Spiritual Direction and the Non-theist

One trend I have noticed in spiritual direction over the past ten years is persons...

March 2016

March 28, 2016

Spiritual Direction and the Medical Professional

Caring for people’s physical well-being can be highly rewarding and extremely stressful. Medical professionals may...

February 2016

February 03, 2016

Spiritual Direction and the Business Person

Spiritual directors are seeing more and more people these days who live out their call...

December 2015

December 01, 2015

Placing Limits on Prayer

While reading the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book the other day I was stopped in my...

November 2015

November 25, 2015

Spiritual, Religious or Adventure?

When a pilgrim begins the 800 kilometer trek along the legendary Camino de Santiago, they are...

November 12, 2015

Cardinal Lessons in Discernment

I have not always been sure of what I wanted to do with my life,...

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