These are important questions to ponder, especially as the spiritual formation landscape is rapidly changing. More and more are responding to the call to become spiritual directors at younger and younger ages. To be a spiritual director is no longer a second stage of life vocation.
Read MoreThat inner world is a great place for us listening artists to go to practice, to rehearse, our precious art form. After all, how can I truly listen to another if I’m unable to listen to myself? That inner world is a great place for us listening artists to go to practice, to rehearse, our precious art form. After all, how can I truly listen to another if I’m unable to listen to myself?
Read MoreBeing in community does take skills, skills that can only be learned in community. I’ve come to believe that compassion is one of those skills: compassion for ourselves as well as compassion others. Sharing, listening, and discernment also. These are all communal practices, and integral to the art of spiritual direction.
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