spiritual and ministerial development
I will publish here the emerging wisdom from this session held on 4 February. Participants will receive an email telling them when it is available. This post on my session on 28 Jan has links and the powerpoint that may be helpful for working in this environment. https://soulspark.online/adjusting-to-spiritual-direction-on-zoom/ Julie Burnett-Kirk offers some guidance from her […]
Two forthcoming events I’m hosting Adjusting to Spiritual Direction on ZoomThursday 28 January2pm – 4.30pm on ZoomA session for Spiritual Directors wanting to develop their use of Zoom for conducting Spiritual Direction led by Nick Helm (There is no charge for this event.) Spiritual Direction on Zoom – What are we learning?Thursday 4 […]
The origins of this reflection go back nearly twenty years. I wrote it for presenting in the final stages of ‘The Art of Spiritual Accompaniment’ in Sheffield. What began as a fairly straight presentation I discovered was actually a meditation. I recently revived it for presenting on the final day of Sarum College’s spiritual direction […]
The poem below was sent to me recently. It beautifully describes something of the depth of what Spiritual Direction offers. To be honest it somewhat awes me in terms of how I as a directee live up to this description. But then I’m also awed by what it is to sit with someone and be […]
Encouraging conversations revealing Seismic Shifts The two zoom meetings of people involved in Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Direction training on the 14th and 21st July respectively were really encouraging. I had a strong sense of being in the company of a deeply engaged group of people with a passion and commitment to Spiritual Direction and […]
I’ve just had two fascinating zoom sessions looking at impact of Covid-19 on the ministry of Spiritual Direction. The first yesterday afternoon (14 July) was an online meeting I organised in which 42 participated from around the UK – a time to share experience and listen to what is emerging. I was struck by the […]
Zoom and Spiritual Direction: What are we learning? Zoom has boomed under lockdown, and I for one have been on a pretty steep learning curve with it. Having now conducted dozens of one to one spiritual direction conversations, convened several committee and small group meetings and led a couple of online half-day sessions for spiritual […]
Resources to accompany session with Spiritual Directors from Monmouth Diocese on Discernment in Spiritual Direction – 1 June 2020 Leaflet with definitions of consolation and desolation and summary of Discernment Guidelines from the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises Powerpoint Slides Handout Discernment in Spiritual Direction You can watch the two talks that I gave within the session here. […]
Saturday 8 February 2020 A day on Discernment in Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Directors in the Bristol area. Session 1: Before God: God’s perspective on my Spiritual DirectionSession 2: Discernment – an Ignatian perspectiveSession 3: Accompanying Discernment: Session 4: Whose Discerning? My aim is to explore the nature of discernment using Ignatius of Loyola’s wisdom […]
Thursday 6th February 2020: The final day of the six day course ‘Discerning Listening’ with a great group who have engaged well and run with it. The team of Steven Baggs, Nicky Seabright and I have really enjoyed working with the group. This is a really bare bones programme that has whittled down the concept […]
