Presence Volume 18

Presence 18.1

ARTICLES

"God in Conversation with God: An Interview with John Philip Newell"
Carol Ludwig and Judy A. Kahler

"An Ordinary Mystic: Contemplation, Inner Authority, and Spiritual Direction in the Life and Work of Howard Thurman"
Lerita Coleman Brown

"Six Archetypes of Spiritual Guidance"
Lisa A. Fullam and John R. Mabry

"Seek Your Calling and Your Calling Will Seek You: Exploring Discernment as a Way of Life"
Monika Ellis, OSB and James D. Henry

"The Art of the Journey: Pilgrimage as Spiritual Direction in Motion"
Regina Roman

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Poetry

"Have I Forgotten?"
Diane-Ellen McCarron

"This day 4 billion years in the making"
Carolyn A. Cushing

"The Perfect Name"
William Rush

"Listen to Me"
Robert Gresak

"Blessing for the Spirit Guides"
Peggy Beatty

Reflection

"Writing Your Way Inward"
Stephanie M. Bennett, SFCC

"Empowerment through Poetry in Giving and Receiving the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius"
Marlene Marburg

Presence 18.2

ARTICLES

"Dreamwork: Four Techniques for Spiritual Direction"
Lisa Gonzales-Barnes

Inhabiting Our Interfaith Reality:
"Spiritual Direction in an Inter-Religious Age"
James M. Hembree

"Spiritual Guidance and Physical Disability"
Nancy Jill Hale

"Benedictine Guidelines for Spiritual Direction"
Michael W. Johnston

"Being Contemplative in a Digital World"
Kathleen Bryant, RSC

"Singing Meditation: A Centering Practice of Renewal"
Liz Hill

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Poetry

"Let Me Now"
Deirdre Buckingham

"Visions in Jet Lag"
Breindel Lieba Kasher

"Hovering"
Marcia Wakeland

"Falling Leaves (at Galilee): Relinquishment"
John Pollard

Reflection

"A Pilgrimage on One Foot: Journeying from Brokenness to Balance"
Michele Tamaren

Presence 18.3

ARTICLES

"Cultivating Compassion through Group Spiritual Companioning"
Diane M. Millis

"Henri Nouwen on Presence in Absence"
Wil Hernandez

"The Question of Grace in a Face of Human Disorientation"
Kaye Twining

"Spiritual Direction with the Person with a Life-Threatening Illness"
Denise Brosnan

"Guiding a Person through Spiritual Desolation: Insights from Saint Ignatius of Loyola"
Edward McCormack

"Cross-Cultural Spiritual Direction: Dancing with a Stranger"
Jung Eun Sophia Park

"Wisdom from the Desert for Spiritual Directors"
V.K. McCarty

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Poetry

"Come Now Softly for Me"
Frank Cavano

"Enlightenment’s Swing Door"
Donny Duke

"Companion"
Andrew Rudd

"Heart’s Longing"
Marla Clercx

Reflection

"Revisiting Group Supervision"
James W. Donnelly

Presence 18.4

ARTICLES

"The Usefulness of Sacred Dreams in Spiritual Direction"
Charlotte Still Noble

"Generational Ministry: Spiritual Guidance for the Five Adult Generations Alive Today"
John R. Mabry

"Presence as Prayer"
Celeste Killeen

"A Puzzling Question about Post-Practicum Supervision"
Janet K. Ruffing, RSM

"Facilitating Healing of the Healers: Spiritual Direction and Health Professionals"
Pat Fosarelli

"Liturgy and Imagination in Group Spiritual Direction"
Sarah Bania-Dobyn

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Poetry

"Woman of Glass"
Connie Lagerlöf

"Lighting the Lamps"
W.F. Lantry

"Contours of Faith"
Michael Mosley

"A Casualty of Fear"
Ruth Ross

Reflection

"The Many Things and the One Thing: Lessons for Home-Based Spiritual Direction"
Marjorie Wilbur

"Warm Socks: An Experience of Mother God"
Christina St. Clair