What is spiritual guidance?
Spiritual guidance is an intentional, confidential relationship, a safe place for you to explore the unfolding of your relationship with God. In regular meetings together, we look for the ways the wind of the Holy Spirit is blowing through your life, inviting transformation and healing.
You bring the material we work with: your faith story, life events, questions, insights, dreams, struggles and joys. I listen actively, look for the Spirit’s movement, speak truth seasoned with grace, and hold you in prayer. I may lead you in a Scripture meditation, introduce a new form of prayer, or suggest a practice for you to try, but most of our time will be spent in conversation and contemplation.
We use the traditional language of directee (the person seeking guidance) and director (the qualified person listening and helping watch for the Holy Spirit's guidance). While there are two distinct roles, this is a transformational rather than a hierarchical relationship. As Quaker writer Douglas Steere has said, "To 'listen' another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another."
The spiritual direction relationship is a confidential one. Whether in individual sessions or in groups, what is shared in spiritual guidance is held in confidence. I follow the ethical guidelines agreed upon by Spiritual Directors International.
When should I seek spiritual guidance?
Should I choose individual sessions or a group setting?
You bring the material we work with: your faith story, life events, questions, insights, dreams, struggles and joys. I listen actively, look for the Spirit’s movement, speak truth seasoned with grace, and hold you in prayer. I may lead you in a Scripture meditation, introduce a new form of prayer, or suggest a practice for you to try, but most of our time will be spent in conversation and contemplation.
We use the traditional language of directee (the person seeking guidance) and director (the qualified person listening and helping watch for the Holy Spirit's guidance). While there are two distinct roles, this is a transformational rather than a hierarchical relationship. As Quaker writer Douglas Steere has said, "To 'listen' another's soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another."
The spiritual direction relationship is a confidential one. Whether in individual sessions or in groups, what is shared in spiritual guidance is held in confidence. I follow the ethical guidelines agreed upon by Spiritual Directors International.
When should I seek spiritual guidance?
Should I choose individual sessions or a group setting?