Spiritual Direction and Practices of Prayer

Special Interest Projects relating to:
Spiritual Direction and Practices of Prayer

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 particular approaches to prayer in relation to spiritual direction:

• An Introduction to Focusing by Lynne Brown

• Awakening Playfulness by Karen McKie

• Body Awareness - Allowing Our Bodies To Lead Us In Prayer by Emma Alldridge

• Camino Conversations - Pilgrimage as a Spiritual Practice by Kathryn Overall

• Charismatic Gifts and Speaking in Tongues by Christeen Mackay

• Come and See: Walking and Seeing as a Way of Connecting with God
  with Come and see - accompanying pamphlet by Vivienne Holt

• Companioning Directees in Apophatic (Wordless and Imageless) Prayer by Mel McKenzie

• Contemplative Prayer, Enneagram and Spiritual Growth by Renate Frei

• Contemplative Retreats: Exploring the Benefits to Spiritual Directors and their Spiritual Direction Practice by Samantha Head

• Doorways to the Sacred: The Use of Visual Objects in Spiritual Direction by Karen Haines

• From Head to Hands - Creative Processes in Spiritual Direction by Alice Wood

• Into Silence - The Sound of a Gentle Whisper (A prayer resource - with separate instructions) by Holly Walton

• Journalling in a Nutshell by Barb Harrison

• Labyrinth Meditations by Katherine Opie

• Living Silence by Mary Ebyarimpa

• Music and Spiritual Direction by Philippa Brocklehurst

• Music as a Sacred Experience by Kaye McGregor with accompanying song brochure

• Prayerfully Exploring Childhood Memories in Spiritual Direction by Jim McInnes

• Praying With Icons by Andrew J. Brown

• Praying with the Imagination by Robyn Lewis

• Responding to God through Religious Art by Joanne Garton

• Sabbath Rest as a Contemplative Practice by Petra Corbett

• Sacred Objects Revisited by Sharryn McAuliffe

• Spiritual Direction in a Digital Age: Helping People Connect with God in a Distracted World by Joshua Taylor

• Taizé Style Music and Contemplation by Christine Scott

• Telling Our Story by Janet Green

• The Communication of God Through His Creation by Brendon Ojala

• The Importance of Silence to Spiritual Direction by Anna Barker

• The Place of Prayer in Spiritual Direction by Sandra Thomas

• The Value of God-Focused Times by Colleen Mounsey

• Whisperings of Intimacy by Jo Anastadiadis