Resources and Links

Spiritual Direction in the News

Spiritual Direction in a Multi-Faith, No Faith, and “Spiritual-But-Not-Religious” World
”Can Spiritual Directors Help?” by Andrea Cooper, The New York Times, January 13, 2021
”Here Come the Spiritual Directors—The Facilitators for the Religiously Unaffiliated” by Deirdre Pelphrey, World Religion News, August 4, 2024
”Spiritual directors meet spiritually curious people where they are” by Ellie Davis, Religion News Service, July 31, 2024
The Chaplain Who Doesn’t Believe in God: A spiritual atheist’s journey to helping death row inmates” by Sean Illing, Vox Media, March 30, 2024
”Faith Communities are Undergoing Upheaval, Awakening and Maybe Transformation” by Kathy Manis Findley, Baptist News Global, September 7, 2022

Spiritual Direction from the Christian Perspective
”Spiritual direction provides a path for personal healing and a way forward for the church” by Emily Phillips Davis, Baptist News Global, July 20, 2022
”For Millennials, Mysticism Shows a Path to Their Home Faiths” by Cathleen Falsani, Religion News Service, April 16, 2019
”Spiritual direction: What is it, who needs it, and why?” by Mary Farrow, Catholic News Agency, January 1, 2019
”In spiritual direction, I practice intentionally reorienting toward God” by Liz Andrasi Deere, Baptist News Global, December 1, 2020

Spiritual Direction from the Jewish Perspective
”With Hashpa’ah Experience, Kol HaLev Provides Unique Approach to Spiritual Counseling” by Jillian Diamond, Baltimore Jewish Times, March 4, 2024
”Jewish Spiritual Direction: Fundamental Assumptions” by Rabbi Jacob Staub, Evolve Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations, October 29, 2018

Book Recommendations on Contemplative Spirituality and Spiritual Direction

A Testament of Devotion by Thomas R. Kelly
An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor
Flying, Falling, Catching by Henri J.M. Nouwen and Carolyn Whitney-Brown
Grounded: Finding God in the World by Diana Butler Bass
Inner Compass: An Invitation to Ignatian Spirituality by Margaret Self
Radical Judaism by Arthur Green
Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith by Henri J.M. Nouwen, Michael J. Christensen, and Rebecca J. Laird
Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell
The Sacred Life of Bread by Meghan Murphy-Gill
The Soul of a Pilgrim by Christine Valters Paintner
The Universal Christ by Richard Rohr
The Way of the Heart by Henri J.M. Nouwen
The Wisdom Jesus by Cynthia Bourgeault
The Wisdom Way of Knowing by Cynthia Bourgeault