When you pray do you pray through your body?
Posted on April 8th, 2021
That is a trick question as we all pray through our bodies whether we realise it or not. We make a choice to sit or kneel or stand when we pray.
Walking the way of our Lord – the God of Surprises: Accompanied walks in Spiritual Direction by Mary Penley
Posted on January 12th, 2021
Have you noticed that although much is taken away through this time of Pandemic, so much is given?
God works with, not in spite of, the ways in which we have been created: Reflections on a Developing Direction event by Charles Hippsley
Posted on January 4th, 2021
I learnt loads listening to Maria and Nell, and joining in the breakout discussion groups and Q&A session. So do take a look at the Director Development programme going forwards and join us for one that piques your interest.
Sluggish. Tired. Alone. The lights turned out. Where did God go? By Emily Miller
Posted on December 1st, 2020
Spiritual desolation is not something we ourselves can change (only God can do that), but St Ignatius offers us ways to deal with spiritual desolation when we are in the thick of it.
Bread of life: by Anna Bosatta
Posted on November 15th, 2020
I have been recently exploring this call to integrated, all-of-me authenticity in an incarnated spirituality.
Images of God - God is a Black Woman: by Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage
Posted on October 24th, 2020
There is quite a bit of research done on the existence and meaning of Black Madonnas. I am interested in how this portrayal of Mary or even God as a black woman can challenge our perceptions of who God is and the way we see and interact with her.
I pray from where I am - by Timothy Guymer
Posted on October 11th, 2020
There is no need for our paths to be the same for us to be able to walk alongside each other; we have only to be seeking to move in the same ultimate direction: towards the greater flowering of God’s love.
New skills and using silence in online spiritual direction - by Robin Hepburn
Posted on September 17th, 2020
For most of us, the ministry of spiritual direction has previously been something we undertook in the presence of another, and like many of you, I’ve had to learn a new set of skills.
On not treating souls as dittos - by Trevor Mapstone
Posted on September 2nd, 2020
Our struggle, even as we appear to be listening, is that we can find ourselves thinking that we have heard all this before or processing people according to a spiritual direction algorithm.
Scripture can play a part in spiritual direction when it is handled gently - by Romilly Janes
Posted on August 11th, 2020
Shaking loose old ideas can be liberating but I wonder if scripture can still be a place of encounter with the living God.