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I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Not presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
As a spiritual director, it is my privilege to companion people as they reflect on the spiritual dimension of their lives.
The primary relationship in the room is between you and God, One-ness, Love, or whatever your language for the transcendent is. I desire to serve that relationship through deep listening, open questions and creative enquiry. I won’t tell you what to think or believe. Rather we look and listen together for the ‘sound of the genuine’ within your own soul and the holy invitations that are present in the midst of your ordinary life.
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained to offer Supervision to Spiritual Directors
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
William Barry and William J Connolly describe spiritual direction as
"the help given by one Christian to another which enables that person to pay attention to God’s personal communication to him or her, to respond to this personally communicating God, to grow in intimacy with this God, and to live out the consequences of the relationship”
It is being helped to pay attention to the activity of God in your everyday life. It is more than "spirituality" or even the development of spirituality.
The key question in every direction session, is, in some words or other:
"How is God present in your life and what is God inviting you to at this time? or as Creasy Dean and Foster say “What has been going on between you and God?”.
Spiritual direction encourages you to explore a closer relationship with God. Many of us find it difficult to notice God's action in our busy daily lives, yet long for a more conscious experience of God's presence and love.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
God (or the Divine or whatever name you are comfortable with) draws the start-line right where you are on your spiritual journey. My role is to accompany you in a caring, non-judgmental way. You may be moving into an unfamiliar landscape, or feeling your way through a dark valley, or celebrating joyfully on a mountain-top. You may be trying to decide which road to take at an intersection, or wandering along aimlessly wondering if there is more to life than this? Or perhaps you are taking a break from the busy trail, resting and recovering in a quiet lay-by.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained to offer Supervision to Spiritual Directors
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me Spiritual direction is about listening, offering caring companionship to others as they explore their life's journey.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained to offer Supervision to Spiritual Directors
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
How are God and I getting along lately? What's God up to in me, and around me? God, could you speak a little louder? Where is God? What's God like? How do I make sense of all the stuff happening around me and in this world? What's my part?
Having a conversation with someone is a great way to explore these questions and more, and pay attention to what God might be communicating. And to find the next steps in this mysterious, surprising, sometimes one-foot-in-front-of -the-other, or standstill walk with God. Maybe your questions are before these - like is there a God, how do I find out?
If you are here God is calling you to new ways of being in company with -Love- God's-Self and the adventure of transformation.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained to offer Supervision to Spiritual Directors
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
God is the primary Spiritual Director from whom both the Directee and their companion seek divine presence and guidance on the journey of Spiritual Direction.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Trained to offer Supervision to Spiritual Directors
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
The privilege, blessing, and pleasure of spending silent time in our loving God’s presence drew me to the blessing and the art of spiritual direction.
When we meet you may expect a moderate to slow pace; some intuited inquiry; a chance to share your spiritual journey map with me; we will pause often in silence, to reflect upon what was just spoken; we will talk about what you are reading – spiritual, biblical, and secular; we my draw something, using the principles of IDT [Interactive Drawing Theory].
On each occasion you may quite rightly expect to notice God’s presence and God’s movement within you, and between us.
Full Member of Association
I offer Spiritual Direction online as well as in person
Presently accepting clients
Bay of Plenty
For me the space when I’m together with another is a place of warmth and hospitality. A place where everything on life’s journey can be brought into the light and love of the Trinity. A place where a person can speak and be heard and respect is given to the sacredness within us. To refrain from offering interpretations and to remain curious and adopt a not-knowing position is important for me. To trust that there is something to be learned from each and every experience shared.
As your companion, to offer what was noticed, appreciated and wondered about as I listened, in an effort to help you increase awareness of your soul’s expressions and the sacredness of your story; a place for both laughter and tears
