Spiritual Direction

We lead our spiritual lives in relationship with others. A faithful community gives us opportunities for worship, sharing burdens, confessing faults, offering forgiveness, and celebrating life. Wherever he went, Henri Nouwen created such communities, and within them, he offered spiritual direction. Available as an audiobook for the first time ever, Spiritual Direction: Wisdom for the Long Walk of Faith is part of “The Nouwen Trilogy.” These convenient audio sessions let you adopt Nouwen as your personal spiritual director.

Margaret Guenther uses the images of the spiritual director as host, teacher, and midwife to describe the ministry of spiritual direction today. She pays particular attention to spiritual direction for women, and addresses such down-to-earth questions as setting, time, and privacy. The stories of real people bring the practice of spiritual direction alive.

Join Father Paul Pearson of the Oratory as he guides you on a spiritual journey through one of the great classics of Christian literature, Dante’s Purgatorio. Purgatory is the least understood of the three possible “destinations” when we die (though unlike Heaven or Hell it is not an eternal one) and is mysterious to many Christians and even to many Catholics today. As he did in his first volume in the Spiritual Direction from Dante trilogy, Avoiding the Inferno, Father Pearson adroitly draws out the great spiritual insights hidden in The Divine Comedy.

Master the decisions that will make your life everything God wants it to be. Every day we make choices. And those choices accumulate and eventually become our life story. What would your life look like if you became an expert at making those choices? In this inspiring guidebook, New York...

The bestselling author's inspiring autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual awakening, and divine grace. ""Inspiring. Sue Monk Kidd is a direct literary descendant of Carson McCullers.""—Baltimore Sun ""Grounded in personal experience and bolstered with classic spiritual...

God knows our limitations, that is why He has sent His Holy Spirit to live in our hearts. He knows all our battles, that is why He has put within us the same one who resurrected Jesus from the dead, so that we can win them. Without the help of the Spirit, there will be situations that we will not be able to face, challenges that we will not be able to overcome and a level of effectiveness that we will not be able to reveal.

We need companions on our spiritual journey. The modern world has taught us to value autonomy and individualism. Our churches often see spirituality as personal and private. But we cannot go long in our Christian pilgrimage before realizing that isolation leads to spiritual barrenness. We soon discover that our souls long for accompaniment, intimacy, and spiritual friendship. As a result, many Christians today are rediscovering the ancient practice of spiritual direction.

When children have a listening companion who hears, acknowledges, and encourages their early experiences with God, it creates a spiritual footprint that shapes their lives. How can we increase our capacity to engage children in spiritual conversations? In this audiobook, Lacy Finn Borgo draws on her own experience of practicing spiritual direction with children. She offers an overview of childhood spiritual formation and introduces key skills for engaging conversation-posture, power, and patterns - from a Christ-centered perspective.

A Path of True Direction is a heartfelt spiritual guide designed to help listeners discover purpose, peace, and divine direction through faith. In this uplifting journey, listeners are invited to explore self-discovery, resilience, and spiritual growth through thirty inspiring chapters filled with hope and reflection. With powerful insights, practical steps, and biblical encouragement, this book helps listeners understand God’s unconditional love. It helps them embrace their true identity, overcome fear and limiting beliefs, and live each day with confidence and compassion.

Originally written by Puritan pastor William Dyer (1632–1696), The Strait Way to Heaven presents twenty biblical principles that lead to a life of deep repentance, unwavering faith in Christ, and true holiness. With deep insights drawn from Scripture, Dyer urges listeners to forsake sin, embrace righteousness, and walk steadfastly in obedience to God. This revised and updated edition preserves the heart of Dyer’s message while making his rich teachings more accessible to today’s listeners.

Jesus With Boundaries sets out to show what a life lived inside of healthy limits looks like. It also intends to depict the results of a life lived as it was originally purposed in eternity. Though the life that Jesus lived very intentionally here among us resulted in His crucifixion and death, as intended, He clearly demonstrated that a life that pleased God was fruitful and fragrant and worth every bit of sacrifice and suffering.

Self-criticism is often our default setting. But we can have a more gracious posture toward ourselves. We can practice disciplines of self-kindness. Editor and spiritual director Cindy Bunch calls us to self-care through greater compassion for ourselves. She helps us pay attention to the frustrations that bug us in order to identify negative thinking about ourselves or others. As we do so, we can discern what we need to let go. This allows us to lean into the things that bring us joy. Each chapter is filled with spiritual practices and creative exercises for reflection and celebration.

In the midst of our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative. Now, more than ever, we need to pause - intentionally - and encounter the Divine. Soul care director Barbara Peacock illustrates a journey of prayer, spiritual direction, and soul care from an African American perspective. She reflects on how these disciplines are woven into the African American culture and lived out in the rich heritage of its faith community.

The Audacity Experiment explores the concept of audacity as the courage to step into your fullest expression by shedding societal conditioning, releasing past identities, and embracing self-trust and creation. Through rituals, energetic practices and spiritual and astrological insights, The...

Spiritual Discernment: The Guide to Trusting in the Direction of God is a complete guide to hearing, feeling, and knowing the voice of God in your life. This guide covers matters ranging from your true purpose to everyday little things. Angela Grace uses an approachable, simple-to-understand language that everyone - believers and nonbelievers - can understand and apply to their lives.