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Peter Ball and Carol Ludwig: what nourishes spiritual directors
Pegge Bernecker: how to find a spiritual director, step by step
Rev. Gibbon Bogatsu: how spiritual direction helps people deepen their relationship with God
Rev. Gibbon Bogatsu, Rev. Mary Earle, Rabbi Ted Falcon, Alexandra Kovats CSJP, Jamal Rahman each respond to, “As a spiritual director, what nourishes or refreshes you?"
The Rev. Mary Earle: learning to pray and listen with more than the ears
Rabbi Ted Falcon: Torah as a paradigm for spiritual awakening and spiritual direction as a place for doubts and questions to be explored
Wil Hernandez, PhD describes spiritual companioning, and benefits of Christian spiritual direction
Kristen Hobby: formal as well as informal spiritual guidance, and who would benefit from spiritual direction
Alexandra Kovats, CSJP: ecological spirituality as it relates to God's peace and the value of spiritual direction
Christine Valters Paintner, PhD: how poetry, art, movement, and dance may be considered prayer and helpful in growing closer to God
Jamal Rahman: prayer, the Qur'an, and how spiritual teachers and spiritual directors in the Muslim tradition provide support for learning how to be at peace with yourself
Ron Rolheiser, OMI: how meeting regularly with a spiritual director would help people in three stages of life
Richard Rohr, OFM: how spiritual direction relates to peace
Janet Ruffing, RSM: who would benefit from meeting with a spiritual director
Mary Ann Scofield, RSM: who would benefit from growing closer to God in spiritual direction
Brother David Steindl-Rast, OSB: how do I pray? Where does spiritual guidance lead me? Difficulties in finding a spiritual guide
Therese Taylor-Stinson: who do you speak with about extraordinary experiences of God? and How might we learn to pray from African spritual traditions?
Father Joseph Tetlow, SJ: Jesus and prayer and what nourishes him as a spiritual director
Reverend Jane E. Vennard: an insightful conversation about the value and benefits of spiritual direction and what to expect in spiritual direction