Spiritual Direction is a time of deep listening and attending to the ways in which Divine Wisdom is at work (and play!) in an individual’s life. A well-trained, experienced Director can help guide a confidential and open exploration of those interior movements in the face of outer-world events that hold promise of shaping our lives to their highest purposes.
It is said that the Spiritual Direction conversation always involves three persons: the one seeking Direction, the Director, and the Inner Witness. I have been privileged to experience this transformative third force lead, heal and change the lives of those with whom I have journeyed, as they develop ever-finer capacities for silence and prayer. The Direction session, usually 50 minutes every month, ends with an invitation to return to daily life with a heightened sense of being accompanied, held, and loved.
Spiritual Direction is distinguished from therapy in several important ways, but mainly in that the “work” entails a mindful surrender of conventional ego strategies into the more transpersonal realm of intuition, prayer, and images of faith. It is an art as well as a discipline, and I have been honored to offer and receive Spiritual Direction for more than 20 years.
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Collage by Kathleen Hirsch
Kathleen’s patient spiritual companionship, along with her extraordinarily well-honed listening skills and literary sensibilities, helped me understand that I no longer needed to hug the shore of my inner life. Kathleen taught me how to center myself. How to sit with my feelings without being reactive. How to feel God’s presence within me, and to be alive to God’s promptings in the midst of whatever is going on in my life. That has made all the difference.