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Longing for Light
Maria Manuela Silva reflects on a longing for light as we head into Advent. She asks how we might use the O Antiphons to dwell more deeply.
Chaos & War: Peace & Encouragement
Andrew Cornish finds encouragement in Psalm 47 in the midst of these unstable times.
National Mourning
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?
Playing in Prayer
What, can we, as directors, offer if we begin to discern that someone’s prayer life might be trapped in a cage of “shoulds”?
Come and See: Postcards and Spiritual Direction
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.
Weeds or Wild Flowers
Roanna Quirke wonders how we can think about the weeds in our lives as unexpected beauty rather than just things to pull out.
Sacred Reading and Spiritual Direction
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.
A reflection on The Gardener
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.