
AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Volume 26, Number 1
March 2020
Articles







































Friends of God and Prophets: The 2002 SDI Symposium Address
Mary Ann Scofield, RSM
God has been really concerned about the way the world is heading. There seems to be so much greed and strife and wars and troubles, people not taking care of one another. So God resolved to send one of the angels down to earth to check it out. After a few days the angel came back and reported, “It’s even worse than you thought, God. About 95% of the people are on the wrong path, but the other 5% are really wonderful.”







































Calling Our Ancestors: Healing Our Family Trees
Shannon Sullivan







































Racism through the Lens of White Privilege: A Spiritual Quest
Jane E. Vennard







































Living into Dying: Faith and Culture at the End of Life
Frank R. Williams
About Our Authors







































Mary Ann Scofield







































Shannon Sullivan







































Rev. Jane E. Vennard







































Frank R. Williams







































Laura E. Pasquale







































Jeanette Banashak







































Grace Conte







































Mary Ann Bigelow
More Articles
“First World II” – Melinda Schwakhofer
Caregiving: Challenges and Implications for Spiritual Direction
Laura E. Pasquale
Last year, I chatted with a woman who, it turned out, was living in our town somewhat by accident. Several years ago, she had uprooted herself, driven three hours, and moved in with an ailing parent. After more than a decade, she is still a live-in caregiver. Having heard so much about the challenges of illness and caregiving, I
was more surprised when she then said that she found this situation to be a “blessing.”







































Spiritual Companionship for LGBTQIA Individuals
Jeanette Banashak







































As I Am: Being Fully Human Is the Gateway to Divinity
Grace Conte







































Embracing the Sacred in Our Life Stories: Grief, Grief Work, and Spiritual Direction
Mary Ann Bigelow
Poetry







































Staying Power
Sheila Murphy







































Moonlight
Kristen Hobby







































A Friendly Visit with God
Joy Ladin
Focus & Letters to the Editor







































Letter to the Editor
Elizabeth Guss







































Spiritual Direction/Companioning For All Times
Seifu Anil Singh-Molares
About Our Poets and Artists







































Emily Lasinsky







































Tim Mooney







































Rosie Huart







































Sheila Murphy







































Melinda Schwakhofer







































Kristen Hobby







































Mary Barton Nees







































Joy Ladin
Reviews







































The Great Within: The Transformative Power and Psychology of the Spiritual Path
by Han F. de Wit, PhD,
Reviewed by Monique CM Keffer, MA







































The Time Is Now: A Call to Uncommon Courage
by Joan Chittister
Reviewed by Stephanie Bussey-Spencer Patton







































Even Though I Walk: One Woman’s Journey of Prayer in the Shadow of Death
by Magda Heras and Ignasi Fossas, translated by Elaine M. Lilly
Reviewed by Amelia Stratton-Smith, MTS







































Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
by Cal Newport
Reviewed by Kathryn Madden, rc







































This Life That Is Ours: Motherhood as Spiritual Practice
by Lauren Burdette
Reviewed by Kristen Hobby







































The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe
by Richard Rohr
Reviewed by Linda Douty







































The Liberating Path of the Hebrew Prophets: Then and Now
by Nahum Ward-Lev
Reviewed by Karen Lee Erlichman, DMin, LCSW







































A Politics of Love: A Handbook for a New American Revolution
by Marianne Williamson
Reviewed by Pegge Erkeneff







































Spiritual Rebel: A Positively Addictive Guide to Finding Deeper Perspective and Higher Purpose
by Sarah Bowen
Reviewed by Greg Richardson
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