Spiritual Direction and Church Life/Ministry

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Special interest projects relating to:
Spiritual Direction and Church Life/Ministry

Each participant in the second year of the Spiritual Growth Ministries Spiritual Directors Formation Programme engages in a project on an aspect the work of spiritual direction in which they have a particular interest.

​The following papers explore the relationship of spiritual direction to life and ministry in the Church:

• Becoming a Directee by Lisette Cautley

• Buried Seed: Spiritual Direction and the Vineyard Movement by Fran Francis

• Contemplative Prayer Life and Belonging in Church by Margaret Dewse

• Resistance in Pastors to Spiritual Direction by Jane Wilkinson

• Sacred Hospitality: Creating a Sacred Space for Those Outside the Church by Liz Maluschnig

• Spiritual Abuse by Jeannie Cochrane

• Spiritual Direction as a Model for Pastoral Ministry by Brian Hamilton

• Spiritual Direction for Those in Ordained Ministries by Murray Mills (with Appendix to download separately)

• Spiritual Direction, the Kingdom and the Emerging Church by Bruce Warwick

• Story, Wondering and Play: Encouraging spiritual growth with all ages by Cheryl Harray

• The Challenge and the Grace of Spiritual Direction in Ordained Ministry by Lynda Wards

• The Ministry of Spiritual Direction - An Interface between Church & Society by Derek Shore