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An elderly minister I visit regularly in my job as visitation pastor for my church...
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For highly sensitive people like me, news in the fall of a presidential election year...
September 2016
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5 Ways Spiritual Direction Promotes Freedom
Spiritual direction takes freedom very seriously. We want to feel free to be the...
October 2012
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Spiritual Direction and your Leadership Team
One of the greatest gifts a spiritual director brings to any leadership team, council, session...
September 2012
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What a Spiritual Direction Session Looks Like
Two people sitting in a quiet, private space perhaps with a lighted candle on a...
August 2012
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Spiritual Direction vs. Counseling
There are very real differences between spiritual direction and counseling (also known as therapy). You...
August 27, 2012
Appreciating Spiritual Experiences
A common misconception is that spiritual direction is mostly about people’s discomfort or problems. In...
August 21, 2012
Wrestling with Tough Spiritual Issues
Spiritual exploration is not for the fainthearted. If all you want from your spiritual journey...
August 14, 2012
Pop Quiz: Tony Jones Asks Progressive Christians to Talk about God
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
Simple Questions to Help you Discern
Discernment doesn’t have to be some heavy, serious, complicated process. Just this week I was...
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Basic Principles to Help You Discern
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 09, 2012
Silence in Spiritual Direction
Silence is sometimes referred to as God’s first language. But how you feel about silence...
July 05, 2012
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What spiritual direction cannot do for you
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June 25, 2012
What Spiritual Direction can do for you
At its best, spiritual direction can help you become more aware of where God is...
June 22, 2012
Who comes to Spiritual Direction?
All kinds of people come to spiritual direction--there is no one "type." Directees are lay...
June 15, 2012
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June 11, 2012
The Spiritual Director as Field Guide
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From Caves to Comfy Chairs and Candles
The first spiritual directors were holy men and women who left their life in the...
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Where does Spiritual Direction come from?
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June 01, 2012
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