17.1

ARTICLES

Cultivating Compassion: An Interview with Janet Ruffing, RSM
Bob Gardenhire III and Celeste Marie Nuttman, RSM

Coming Home: Fairy Tales and Spiritual Direction
Deborah Hanus

Being Present to Toxic Culture: A Wake-up Call
David Fouche

Animals, Spiritual Direction, and Prayer
Mindy Tatz Chernoff

A Call for Direction
Jade Angelica

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Poetry

An Innocent Response
Donna Erickson Couch

Just Everything Slowing
Jennifer (Jinks) Hoffmann

Down The Rabbit Hole
Monika John

Saturday
Breindel Lieba Kasher

Reflection

Mirror, Mirror, on the Prison Wall
Laurie Blefeld

Music and Spiritual Direction
Don Clymer

Grace, Gratitude, and Grit: The Growth of Spiritual Directors International
Sandra Lommasson

17.2

Articles

Our True Selves and Spiritual Direction
William Barry, SJ

Death as Spiritual Teacher: End-of-Life Lessons for the Living
Kava Schafer

Not-Knowing in Spiritual Direction: Reflections on Social Identity
Kelly Arora

E-spiritualdirection: Providing Access for People in Outlying and Rural Areas
Joann Nesser

Parliament of the World’s Religions: Promoting Peace through Spiritual Direction
Kristen Hobby

Quantum Entanglement, the Wounded Healer, and Presence
John Hitchcock

Spiritual Direction in Health Care: The Continuing Formation of a Spiritual Direction Program at Orlando Health
George Geans, Julie Harper, Andrea Henson, and Debbie Lewis

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Poetry

Nascence
Debra L. Jarvis

How Shall I Address You
Katherine E. Krause

A Tribute to Dorothy Day
P. Eugene Barber, SJ

Compassion and the cat
Trish Harris

Reflection
Walking on Sacred Soil: In Memory of Thomas Berry
Nancy Mangano Rowe

17.3

Articles

The Practice of Gratitude
Wilkie Au

The Body as Prayer: Using the Body as a Tool for Spiritual Awareness
Phyllis Reitz

Sacred Presence in the Losses of Our Lives
Nancy Copeland-Payton

Meeting the Challenges of Interfaith Spiritual Direction
Charles Burack

Missing the Mark, Finding Redemption
Denise McGuiness and Terry Cappiello

Walking on the Two Feet of Love: Mysticism and Social Commitment
Susan Rakoczy, IHM

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Poetry

Oak Grove
Rev. Kay Sylvester

Reminder
Wendi Romero

How To Listen
Jeff Druery

Something Beautiful
Sarah Rehfeldt

I Closed the Door So Neatly
Laurie Basile

Reflection
Reiki and Spiritual Direction: A Divine Connection
Lauri Ann Lumby

17.4

Articles

A Philosophy of Spiritual Direction Training:
Through the Prism of One Particular Example,
the Ignatian Spirituality Course
Andrew Walker

Spiritual Direction with Evangelicals
Deb Turnow

Presence in a Health Care Setting:
Sacred Time, Sacred Space, and Sacred Touch
Hannah O’Donoghue and Scott Quinn

Healing the Postmodern Soul
Pierrette Stukes

Listening to Native Americans: Hearing the Deeper Story
Sandra McKee

Attentiveness to the Spiritual Needs of the Seriously Ill
Patricia A. Parachini, SNJM

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Poetry

Joy
Sarah Rossiter

Soup
Marlene Marburg

Balancing Act
Adrienne Jansen

Reflection

Becoming a Wise Woman:
When a Spiritual Director
Designs Her Own Ritual of Transition
Teresa Di Biase