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Let’s Meet the Moment as Bold and Creative Spiritual Directors and Companions

Let’s imagine new possibilities, new frontiers, and new containers for helping others see themselves as they are – luminous and spiritual beings. Last Friday, we launched registrations for a new webinar around a topic that stirs my imagination and quickens my heart – how we can ignite and unleash our practices of spiritual direction and […]

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June 2023 Issue of Presence Journal is out now!

Volume 29, Issue 2 of our quarterly publication on Spiritual Direction and Companionship is arriving this week in mailboxes, and is available now on our website. Highlights include: Spirituality in Session: A Conversation about Spirituality in Counseling, with Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Russell Siler Jones, and Rev. SeiFu Anil Singh-Molares Deconstruction and Supervision: Supporting the Role

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Highlights from the Essence 2023 Conference (and, Membership discounts through May 18)

Dear Community, About 570 of us gathered last week, both virtually and in person, in Madison, WI for an SDI conference that set a new marker for our organization. Over several days, we explored the essence of our calling as spiritual directors and companions through an incredible set of explorations from our keynoters, workshops presenters,

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A Conversation with Carmen Acevedo Butcher – Brother Lawrence and The Cloud of Unknowing

The practice of the presence is a form of micro-prayer done on the fly. A mini-conversation with God. A brief “lifting up of the heart.” Done anywhere, anytime, the practice is perfect for anyone. We can’t fail at it. It’s shorter than a tweet. It takes less time than sending a text. Brother Lawrence says:

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Picking Up Sticks : A Simple Spiritual Practice – by Bridget Purdome

“Weary from another long winter, I had returned to the retreat house with the intent of resting and re-energizing. I was also vaguely aware that I was in the midst of discerning a vocation change, but I was happy to put that on the back burner for another few months. My resistance was strong.”

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