“Open your eyes, and trust your own unique way of receiving answers.” — Laurie E. Smith Copy Share Image
“Discernment is a light of protection and direction in a world that grows increasingly dark.” — Elder David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
Spiritual direction is an interpersonal relationship in which we learn how to grow, live, and love in the spiritual life. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Growth can't be constrained when the journey unfolds naturally and we are open to possibility and unfamiliar paths.” — Bridget Geegan Blanton Copy Share Image
Energy can't be created or destroyed, and energy flows. It must be in a direction, with some kind of internal, emotive, spiritual… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
Regret helps us clarify what is and is not important to us. Be thankful for the spiritual direction this emotion provides. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Embracing our environment is a good direction, a very spiritual direction. It's too Aristotelian to separate man from the animals and man;… — Surya Das Copy Share Image
It is easier to find guides, someone to tell you what to do, than someone to be with you in a discerning,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I try to remind myself not to go anywhere or do anything without asking for spiritual direction through prayer and meditation. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“Whatever comes into your heart and mind when you think about God is the most important thing about you.” — A.W. Tozer Copy Share Image
I find when most people are honest about their spiritual pilgrimage, they admit to the difficulty of maintaining the habit of a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If there is a single factor that makes spiritual direction effective as a change agency for the soul, it is this: spiritual… — Gary W. Moon Copy Share Image
Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“Lighten up" (don't) turn prayer into a work but listen for God and let oneself be surprised. Overly rigid adherence to a… — Margaret Guenther Copy Share Image
Led by myself and two colleagues, the course offers a newly developed model of spiritual direction that draws on both the age-old… — Larry Crabb Copy Share Image
The whole purpose of spiritual direction is to penetrate beneath the surface of a man's life, to get behind the façade of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Adults need spiritual apprenticeships as much as their children do—and adults need them first. Group spiritual direction, covenant groups, practice in oral… — Kenda Creasy Dean Copy Share Image
“In the unfixables of our lives we are invited to keep company with Jesus and take a risk that God's intentions toward… — Adele Ahlberg Calhoun Copy Share Image
“The stereotype of the pale, emaciated ascetic who has developed total control of all his reactions and responses does not fit our… — William A. Barry Copy Share Image
A total spiritual direction given to the whole life and the whole nature can alone lift humanity beyond itself. . . It… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
If you work with such people almost on the level of spiritual direction, you see that they are people who prefer a… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“The gospels indicate a development in the apostles' attitude toward Jesus. They first see him as a person of power and only… — William A. Barry Copy Share Image
Some important ideas from the book of early Christians which is called Philokalia: From Spiritual Directions of Diadochus of Photiki The acme… — Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov Copy Share Image
“I believe the message in the hymn “Rise Up, O Men of God” (Hymns, no. 324) is a plea, a call, a… — Robert L. Millet Copy Share Image
“But for a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret Master of Ceremonies has been at work. Christ, who said… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Both of these attitudes -- unrelenting listlessness and dogged good cheer -- have to yield to the realities of prayer and life… — William A. Barry Copy Share Image
“I decide that candor is probably best, that I will never see this woman again after this month. “I’m honestly not sure… — Tsh Oxenreider Copy Share Image
“We remain free, however, to listen to God's communication or not to listen, and free to respond or not to respond to… — William A. Barry Copy Share Image
“Door: So spiritual direction is a slow process that looks idle and inefficient. Peterson: It's subversive. I'm a subversive, really. I gather… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“You seem disappointed that I am not more responsive to your interest in "spiritual direction". Actually, I am more than a little… — Eugene H. Peterson Copy Share Image
“When pursued it becomes clear that this separation between one's self and the Church usually stems from deep unresolved pain or dissatisfaction… — Janet O. Hagberg Copy Share Image
“It is a good rule of thumb for spiritual directors to ask themselves, What truly constitutes our spiritual concern here? Am I… — Gerald G. May Copy Share Image
“The opportunity to tell our story unhindered, uninterrupted is rare. Most of the time people are so involved in their own concerns… — Jeannette A. Bakke Copy Share Image
“Even though we have all had experiences of feeling distant from God, the Dark Night of the Senses is a particular experience… — R. Thomas Ashbrook Copy Share Image
“We cannot judge our prayer...by how we feel when we pray, but rather by how we are loving when we live.” — Katherine Marie Dyckman Copy Share Image
Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every time we go into the voting booth, we are choosing the moral and spiritual direction of our nation. That is a… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
