Spiritual Direction is an ancient discipline most often described as “holy listening.”

It is the companionship of two people who seek to grow closer to God. In the presence of the Holy Spirit, who is the true director at every meeting, the spiritual director helps the directee to develop a mindfulness of God’s activity in his or her life. It is a process that can help a person to live more deeply into the reality of the sacred DNA we each carry within us.

Because spiritual direction is not well known, it is useful to explain what spiritual direction is not. It is not pastoral counseling, therapy, or serving as a life coach.

Spiritual direction is the opportunity to examine your inward life so that your outward life can be transformed. A director serves as a spiritual companion, one who is trained and certified to walk alongside you. Joan Chittister says a director is “someone who can make a hard way possible.”*

If you are interested in spiritual direction, please call the church office (254-772-2910) for more information. Sessions take place at the church, and there is no fee for this ministry.

* “The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century,” Joan Chittister, 1992, Crossroad New York.