April 27, 2017
Spiritual Direction for the Resistance
Spirituality
A young minister colleague came to me last week and said, “we really need spiritual direction for the resistance–time to…
April 13, 2017
Why I Became a Spiritual Director
Spirituality
The practice of spiritual direction rescued me. I never felt I fit into the conservative church I grew up in,…
March 21, 2017
Spiritual Direction and the Most Common Spiritual Block
Spirituality
If I were to poll spiritual directors and ask what is the most common concern people bring to direction, I’m…
January 20, 2017
How to Say Goodbye to your Spiritual Director
Spirituality
All relationships have a lifespan, and the relationship between a person and their spiritual director is no different. It is…
December 2, 2016
Discernment as a Visioning Tool
Spirituality
Many churches and faith based organizations do good work in the present but have difficulty catching a vision for the next…
November 15, 2016
Spiritual Direction and those Deeply Troubled by this Election
Spirituality
An elderly minister I visit regularly in my job as visitation pastor for my church told me today that “spiritual…
October 3, 2016
Spiritual Direction and Election Anxiety
Spirituality
For highly sensitive people like me, news in the fall of a presidential election year feels like a sharp and…
September 19, 2016
Spiritual Direction and Freedom
Spirituality
Spiritual direction takes freedom very seriously. We want to feel free to be the person we were created to…
August 8, 2016
Spiritual Direction and Young Adults
Spirituality
Young adulthood is full of adventure and options. So much so that many young adults become adrift in a sea…
August 1, 2016
Holding our Pain: A look at “The Gift of Hard Things” by Mark Yaconelli
Spirituality
This post is part of a roundtable discussion about the new book The Gift of Hard Things by Mark Yaconelli,…
May 28, 2016
Spiritual Direction and the Transgender Person
Spirituality
Spiritual direction can be a wonderful, life-giving experience for gender non-conforming people. With the right director—someone empathic and nonjudgmental—it can…
May 11, 2016
Spiritual Direction and the Non-theist
Spirituality
One trend I have noticed in spiritual direction over the past ten years is persons describing themselves as non-theists coming…