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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