BOB ABERNETHY, host: From time to time on this program we have referred to spiritual direction and spiritual directors. Recently, the Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation in Washington gave us ...

This year's Lenten series for Holy Everything is focused on spiritual practices. Today we begin with our first of eight spiritual practices: spiritual direction. Spiritual direction is time and space ...

Therese Taylor-Stinson is the managing member of the Spiritual Directors of Color Network, Ltd., which she founded in 2008. The group has produced three books: Embodied Spirits, Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody ...

I suddenly realized I had traveled a very long way. The trip to see a spiritual director for the first time was further than the 12 miles from my local Evangelical Free Church to the home of a ...

LUCKY SEVERSON, correspondent: Sunday Mass at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, where attendance has actually been growing, defying a national trend of fewer people attending church. Sister Joyce Cox, a ...

The soul - as much a living, growing thing as the body - requires regular tune-ups to function well. It's easy to ignore or miss altogether. Maybe it's because we can ...

Nondenominational “spiritual companions” offer to connect clients to the divine in their everyday life. By Andrea Cooper Last spring, after a divorce, Qadeera Ingram needed someone to talk to.

Through spiritual direction, people can become more aware of God’s movement in their lives, and how they can respond to the promptings of the spirit. The goal is not to solve problems, but to hear ...

A few years ago, Casper ter Kuile sat across from a woman and told her he did not want to pray on his knees. She suggested, instead, that he try standing up, with his hands open, in the position used ...

First of all, thank you for the intention of sharing some awareness about my work in the world. I appreciate Jessica Larsen's effort at writing an article about the work I offer. More important, I ...

Spiritual direction is a one-on-one conversation between director and directee in some quiet, private setting. The focus of the meetings is the directee's relationship with God within all aspects of ...