Candlelight Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction

Name: Candlelight Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction
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ISBN: 9780819222978

ISBN-10: 0819222976

ISBN-13: 9780819222978

Edition: 2008

Authors: Susan S. Phillips

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Candlelight offers an intimate view of spiritual direction through written re-enactments of actual spiritual direction sessions. The experiential practice is accompanied by theoretical and theological foundations guiding it. The book includes the stories of nine men and women whose stories illustrate how the journey of Christian discipleship is helped by spiritual direction.

Book details

List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 252
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction: Understanding and Seeing Spiritual Direction


Gift, Art, Practice, and Profession


Tradition and Contemporary Expression


Seeing Spiritual Direction


The Shape of the Book



Beginning



Shall We Dance?


First Encounters


Hearts' Desires



Held in the Current: Grant



Remembering the Pasture: Leah



A Face in the Mirror: David



Forgetting to Ask "Why?": Melissa



Straining to Listen: Charles



Fully Alive: Jim



God's Embrace: Carl



Crossing the Road: John



"Is This a Little Strange for You, Sweetie?": Ruth



Journeying



Encountering Suffering and Love


Journeying and Rooted


Suffering and Its Questions


Who Shall Bear the Blame?


Recognizing and Receiving God's Love



Commissioned: Leah



Stepping Stones: Carl



Bearing Witness to What Faith Allows: Ruth



Rainbows-Welcome and Unwelcome: Grant



Open Hands: Charles



The God You Believe In: Jim



Praying over Jerusalem: John



The Tree That You Are: Melissa



"It's Not about Me": David



Fruition



Planted by the Waters


Flourishing


Abiding in Grace


Fruit of the Spirit



"To Whom Shall I Go?": Grant



Deep Struggle, Deep Calling: Jim



The Greatest of These Is Love: John



Afloat in a Coracle: David



A Broader Gift: Leah



Releasing the Parking Brake: Charles



The Spirit's Dwelling Place: Ruth



Fruit in Lent: Carl



"But I Trusted in Your Steadfast Love": Melissa


Conclusion: God's Holy Habitation


Dwelling and Engrafted


Thriving in Community


Prayer and Worship


Seeing through a Glass Darkly