Katharine Norbury reflects on the last two years of Encounter journey and the invitation to “Encounter the Tradition.”

Join Dawn Pointing on a journey of rediscovering the kindness of God during dark times. Through a simple chair and a repetitive song, she found solace and strength in the quiet presence of divine love.

Mary Monfries invited us to stand at the gate of the year to reflect on where God has led us and what we might be being invited into.

Fr Jack Noble reflects on his his time as a Encounter student as he trains as a spiritual director along side being a parish priest.

Following a family interfaith wedding, Nicola Smedley reflects on the gift of difference – both in our lives, and in the Spiritual Direction relationship.

Neil Evans reflects on his journey with God as he retires and steps down as a trustee of LCSD.

Charles Hippsley talks about the fear we have when using silence with our directees.

Anna Bosatta talks about how she connects with her body as a sacred place and a re-examine her relationship with it.

Andrew Cornish finds encouragement in Psalm 47 in the midst of these unstable times.

Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, has said that the Church has two main jobs: teaching people to pray, and teaching them to die. What role does spiritual direction have in this?

What, can we, as directors, offer if we begin to discern that someone’s prayer life might be trapped in a cage of “shoulds”?

Roanna Quirke wonders how we can think about the weeds in our lives as unexpected beauty rather than just things to pull out.