Faith formation and sacred conversations are the focus on the faith journey through spiritual direction, retreats, books, and other resources.
All in Community
Being part of a faith community isn’t always easy. That’s why we’re told to “bear with one another” in love and with grace.
Henri Nouwen said, “Discernment requires not only reading with the heart but being willing to put down the book we are reading to just listen to what God is saying to us through its words…” Books form us, inspire, entertain, confound, and confront us in so many ways. How have books formed your life?
Since the beginning of time, humans require support. Like a rose on a trellis, we thrive when the support is strong, but allows for organic growth. What does your support system look like?
In this season of global change and cultural upheaval, people are re-evaluating their faith, their traditions, and what it means to be the church. And churches are asking the hard questions about how they can partner with individuals as they re-imagine the possibility of being a faith community. And spiritual direction is one way to minister to the church and individuals exploring their own faith journey. Following are six ways to open the doors for spiritual direction in the church
Reimagining the church and the congregation is opening doors to new ways of expressing our journey together, and spiritual direction is playing a role in opening that door.
It’s a new year. What are the faith practices that you bring with you into 2022? What are the new practices that might provide new life to your spiritual journey?
Christmas may be about lights, but sometimes hope comes in the tiniest spark of light
Whether we pay attention to it or not, we all live by a certain rhythm and liturgy in our ordinary life
What does it mean to come home to yourself? What are the tools and resources you use to listen to your own life?
In a technology-driven society, an irony exists that the more “networked” we become in our digitized universe, the less connected and grounded we may feel. A virtual reality lacks the band-width for creating a deep sense of belonging to a specific time, place, and people. Our reach may be global, but there is a deep yearning within for identity and belonging to a local, geographic, face-to-face community where we know and are known, see and are seen, love and are loved — a place where we call home.
These are soul-searching days that continually call us to turn our hearts and minds and souls to the One who knows us best and loves us most.
An invitation to a year-end pause blessing the year past and welcoming the year to come..
Registration is now open for a four-week listening group experience starting on October 27th.
What are you finding within the contemplative womb in your relationship with God? Are you still exploring your own story, incubating in the warmth of lavish love? Or are you ready to fledge, to soar on faith wings?
Abiding with God, self, and others requires a devoted commitment to explore what that means for you, and how spiritual direction may play a role in this commitment.
A thank you gift for creating a virtual community of care.
No doubt about it, church is being redefined both in the present moment of quarantined living, but also in the near-term and long-term identity of the church. I think this is a good thing.
Just one week prior to the murder of George Floyd on May 20th, I posted a three-part series on Active Listening. I have consolidated this message into one post for easy access to these tools in one place. Learn how to receive, reflect, and respond as a tool for peace
The third element of active listening is responding our of silence, after prayerful listening, receiving and reflecting.
