Wednesday 8 September 2021 A day on Discernment in Spiritual Direction for Spiritual Directors in the Bath & Wells Diocese. My aim is to explore the nature of discernment using Ignatius of Loyola’s wisdom and look at how this plays out in the dynamics of a Spiritual Direction relationship. Handouts: Consolation-Desolation Presentation Slides Opening Prayer[…]
Category: Spiritual Direction
Soul Spark Events 2021-2
Events offered… Space for reflection over the summer saw the emergence of the idea of offering some of the things I love doing most to a wider audience, courtesy of Zoom. Encouraged by several requests, I’ve put together a mixed programme of events over the coming year – three per term, roughly one a month,[…]
No Time Like the Present
The ways we enable and hinder the encounter with God within the Spiritual Direction session A day event for the London Centre For Spiritual Direction 8 January 2021 and for the Birmingham Forum for Spiritual Directors 19 May 2021 Spiritual Direction can easily drift in to talking about God. This is worthy conversation, as we explore what[…]
Manresa Link – 19th Annotation Accompaniment
This programme is to provide support for those looking to accompany others praying the Spiritual Exercises in Daily Life (often known as the 19th Annotation) Here are the resources for downloading and printing. Downloadable Documents Here are the handouts Saturday 17 April: Accompanying the Spiritual Exercises Handout Booklist Presentation Slides Desire – Quote from Michael Ivens[…]
Spiritual Direction on Zoom – What are we learning? Feb 2021
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. Adjusting To Spiritual Direction on Zoom Julie Burnett-Kirk[…]
Adjusting To Spiritual Direction on Zoom
Online Seminar – Thursday 28 January 2pm – 4.30pm Presentation Slides can be downloaded by clicking here. You may be interested in Zoom help resources can be found here. Seismic Shift in Spiritual Direction? My blog post with links to notes from seminars on zoom and spiritual direction (July 2020) National Forum for Spiritual Direction Web[…]
Zoom and Spiritual Direction Events
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 Accompanier’s Role
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[…]
Conversation
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[…]
Seismic Shift in Spiritual Direction?
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[…]