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Out of Darkness, Into Light: Spiritual Guidance in the Quran with Reflections from Jewish and Christian Sources by Jamal Rahman, Kathleen Schmitt Elias, and Ann Holmes Redding.

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Seek and Find a Spiritual Director

Click here to find a spiritual director in your city or town.

Are you looking for some direction in your life? Do you have a feeling there just must be “something more” than what you are currently experiencing?

Use the Seek and Find Guide to find a spiritual director, companion, mentor, or guide to help you along on your journey of discovery. Use this FREE interactive database to search for spiritual directors in your area.

Not sure how to choose a spiritual director? Don’t worry. The Seek and Find Guide includes a handy set of review questions to help you.

Attend a FREE teleconference on January 12, 2010. Learn "How to Seek and Find a Spiritual Director."

Watch YouTube videos about spiritual direction and how to find a spiritual director, also known as a spiritual guide, spiritual companion, mashpia in Hebrew or anam cara in Gaelic.

Time to Celebrate!

Members contribute photography, reflections, and poetry to the new e-Connections: The Newsletter of Spiritual Directors International. Online now, it's green! Clickable! 19 pages of color! As a special gift, everyone can access the November 2009 issue.

The Journal of Palliative Medicine publishes a Special Report to improve the quality of spiritual care in palliative health care! Read highlights and share your comments on the Spiritual Directors International blog.

Spiritual Directors International is featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Certified Spiritual Guides" by Anndee Hochman! Please post your comments on the Spiritual Directors International Blog.

Spiritual Directors International is featured in The New York Times magazine article, "The Right Way to Pray?" by Zev Chafets! Please comment about this article on the Spiritual Directors International Blog.

What Is Spiritual Direction?

Spiritual direction is the process of accompanying people on a spiritual journey. Spiritual direction helps people tell their sacred stories every day. Spiritual direction exists in a context that emphasizes growing closer to God (or the holy or a higher power). Spiritual direction invites a deeper relationship with the spiritual aspect of being human. Spiritual direction offers a place to explore prayer practices, meditation, spiritual experiences, and our growing desire for significance. Spiritual direction is not psychotherapy, counseling, or financial planning. Click here to see other descriptions of spiritual direction.

Spiritual direction is specific to your spiritual journey. If you are taking the first steps to learn to pray, or have been meditating for decades, spiritual direction is valuable. Taking into consideration your unique personality and temperament, spiritual direction is a place to reflect on how to pray, your ongoing or unfolding spiritual practices, and the stages of spiritual development in the life of a sincere seeker. Like prayer, contemplation and meditation, spiritual direction nourishes the spiritual aspect of being human, allowing us to serve with authenticity and grateful hearts.

What Is Spiritual Directors International?

Spiritual Directors International is a global learning community of people from many faiths and many nations who share a common concern, passion and commitment to the art and contemplative practice of spiritual direction. Read more...