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.

Antonia our Community Warden has written a reflection for Easter and our work as Spiritual Directors

“… Then the Gardener asks, “and what would you like me to do here?” Tell him the work you’d like to see, or perhaps you use his other name of Teacher and ask him what needs to be done.