Why spiritual direction now? What difference does it make in our world in a time like this?

How can we see God at work and at play in the world around us or in the people in front of us? How do we keep our hearts open and receptive to God and to others, especially in times of fear and distraction?

With practice.

Each story we hear, each conversation we have, is an opportunity to open our hearts to another. To see the world for what it is and to respond with courage and love.

Engaging in spiritual practice is a way of showing up for the world as it is and orienting our hearts to the sacred invitations that hide within the moments of our days.

We need good company. We need the kind of company that ignites and guards the light of courage and love in our hearts.

Every gardening season is accompanied by an invitation to explore any number of rich metaphors for living life.
What do you want to cultivate?

We believe that this work of deep, compassionate, non-judgmental listening is an essential and desperately needed healing gift in a world longing for wholeness and meaning.

Hearts and lives wide open. This is both an invitation and a prayer.

I want my heart to be open and receptive, and the experience of the Beloved dwelling in my heart fills me with transformative hope. And the need to love together, the need to love in and as a world-wide community, feels like a necessary invitation today.

God loves us with particularity and delight. Experiencing the specificity of God's love changes the very core of our being.

And God's love invites us to a Love that seeks the flourishing of all. 

When we experience such unconditional welcome and love, it transforms us. We are then also invited to live that welcome and love to the people and world around us.

The world needs neighbors right now.

I love how in the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus turned the question "Who is my neighbor?" into "Who was the neighbor? Go be a neighbor."

What does that mean for you? For me? Today? In this time that we are in?