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Spiritual Direction

Heather offers several different paths of spiritual direction... each with a unique opportunity to encounter, listen to, grow, and deepen your relationship with Jesus.

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What does a Spiritual Director Offer?

  1. A Spiritual Director listens to the directee, engaging in conversation, one to another, with a focus.  This focus is to pay attention to what happens when engaging in a relationship with God, encouraging the directee to talk about the experience, asking for clarification and expansion.

  2. A Spiritual Director fosters a contemplative attitude in directees.  Often, the first question isn’t “What does this mean?” rather, “What happened during this experience?”

  3. A Spiritual Director helps directees discern.  Once an experience has been explored in some detail, the Spiritual Director can help the directee with the question of whether this experience is an experience of God, or rather, what in this experience is of God and what is not.

  4. A Spiritual Director helps directees to notice resistance to new developments in the relationship with God and assists in the exploration of what might be getting in the way.

  5. A Spiritual Director is someone who prays... both with you and for you.  Additionally, a Spiritual Director may offer different ways to pray, expanding the way you may already be communicating with God.   

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William Barry, “Review of Ignatian Spirituality”, XXXVI, 1/2005

Testimonials

“Heather provides a safe space for me to hear from Holy Spirit and affirms what God is doing & speaking into my life in my current season. She encourages me to rest in the Spirit’s presence, grow in my relationship with Jesus, and gently reminds me of Father God’s heart for me. My times with Heather are such a gift.”

Kelly C.

"The most beautiful and stirring adventure that can happen to you is the personal meeting with Jesus, who is the only one who gives us real meaning in our lives."

- Pope St. John Paul II

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