Resource Library
Essays, practical guides, and foundational writing on spiritual direction, contemplative prayer, discernment, and the long Christian formation tradition. Start wherever you are.
If you are new to spiritual direction, begin here. These guides answer the most common questions and help you take the first step.
The foundational guide. What direction is, how it works, who it is for, and how it differs from therapy and coaching.
Read the guide →A practical guide to discerning the right director, what to look for, and what to expect in a first session.
Read the guide →The rhythms that form a spiritual life. Prayer practices you can begin today, whether or not you are working with a director.
Direction for the real seasons of life — and resources for those called to walk alongside others as directors themselves.
Grief, vocational discernment, deconstruction, burnout, chronic illness, clergy care. Direction in the seasons that shape us.
Read the guide →Resources for practicing directors: ethics, supervision, continuing formation, and building a sustainable practice.
Read the guide →For those ready to go further. The historic streams, teachers, and practices of Christian formation.
The Spiritual Exercises, discernment of spirits, Examen, and the Ignatian way of finding God in all things.
Read the guide →Thin places, the lorica, daily rhythms, and the earth-rooted Christianity of the Celtic stream.
Read the guide →Nouwen, Merton, Foster, Willard, Macchia, and the teachers who shaped modern spiritual formation.
Read the guide →How spiritual direction is practiced across Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Methodist, Presbyterian, and other streams.
Read the guide →Resources are a beginning. A trained companion who listens with you, over time, is how the life of prayer takes root.
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