“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
“As we mature in faith, our willingness is tested, expanded, and refined. We become more conscious of our limitations and turn to… — Jeannette A. Bakke 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
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
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
“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
“Do not expect trust to appear suddenly and in a state of completion. Trust grows gradually as we venture forth little by… — Jeannette A. Bakke 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
“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
“The degree of effort our Lord asks to keep his disciples afloat in the face of a difficult situation may vary from… — Francis Fernandez 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
“Personal essay writing is analogous to undertaking a vision quest, a potential turning point in life taken to discover intimate personal truths,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“We define Christian spiritual direction then, as help given by one Christian to another which enables the person to pay attention to… — Jeannette A. Bakke 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
“The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love to God begins… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The church itself is a spiritual director. It tries to connect your story with God's story. Just to be a true part… — Henri Nouwen 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
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
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
“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
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
“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
