Mirjam Ngoy-Verhage reflects on a profound encounter with a Black Madonna statue in the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Liesse in rural France. She observes how this image challenges perceptions of God and the way people interact with divinity. The presence of a Black Madonna, representing Mary or God as a black woman, is significant, especially for her daughter, who can relate to the image as a young, black woman of dual heritage.

Nick Tatchell reflects on the climate crisis and his response to Annette Kaye's Developing Direction workshop.

Fiona Koefoed-Jespersen's latest blog post explores the narrative of goodness and how it can suck us dry.

Ven Catherine Pickford, Archdeacon of Northolt, talks about the importance of spiritual direction in her life journey. She shares how her spiritual directors have helped her through key moments.

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

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.

Beki Rogers encourages us to look at our journey with our directees and review, celebrate and discuss what has happened over the last year.

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”?

Gill Sewel remembers one directee who struggled to focus in her quiet time – so she sent her away with 50 postcards to use as prayer prompt. She is now thinking more about how her postcard collection might be useful in this ministry of spiritual accompaniment.

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

An insightful and practical blog from Amy Boucher Pye from her Book "7 Ways to Pray" as she talks about sacred reading in Spiritual Direction.