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The lived experience of group spiritual direction

Print Book, English, ©2003
Paulist Press, New York, ©2003
vii, 288 pages ; 21 cm
9780809141760, 0809141760
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Foreword by Tilden Edwards1(4)
Introduction by Rose Mary Dougherty, S.S.N.D.5(12)
I. Choosing Between One-to-One and Group Spiritual Direction17(42)
Reflections on an Eight-Year Journey
23(15)
Tom Adams, Ken Clansky, Rosemary Eyre-Brook, and Anne Lipe
There Is a River...
38(7)
Gordon Forbes
Individual and Group Spiritual Direction: A Comparison
45(14)
James Kennedy
II. Group Spiritual Direction Within Communities of Worship59(68)
In a Parish Setting
65(11)
Meg Greeley
Raising Holy Sparks
76(18)
Ann Kline
Appendix: An Invitation to Group Spiritual Direction
Spiritual Discernment Groups in a Congregational Setting
94(21)
Judith Brown Bryan and Trevor Watt
Appendix A: Spiritual Discernment Groups Begin
Appendix B: A Spiritual Discernment Group
Prayerfulness in a Parish Community
115(12)
Franklin Adkinson
III. Group Spiritual Direction with Clergy127(38)
Learning with a Clergy Group
131(14)
Don Kelley
Group Spiritual Direction with Clergy
145(20)
Lois Lindbloom
Appendix A: Group Spiritual Direction Opportunity for Northfield Clergy
Appendix B: Reflections on Group Spiritual Direction
IV. Group Spiritual Direction in a Variety of Settings165(80)
Tending to Spirituality in the Workplace
169(15)
Liz Ellmann
Sacred Story, Sacred Text
184(14)
Nancy Brousseau
Group Spiritual Direction with Teenagers
198(16)
Patricia McCulloch
Group Spiritual Direction in Seminary
214(20)
A.J. van den Blink
Appendix: Class Bibliography
Group Spiritual Direction on Capitol Hill
234(11)
Doug Tanner
V. Core Understandings in Group Spiritual Direction245(38)
Experiencing Spiritual Community in Different Settings
249(9)
Trudy Dervan
Intercessory Prayer and Group Spiritual Direction
258(10)
Don MacDougall
Silence: Opening Space for God
268(12)
Margaret Benefiel and Susan Skillen
Conclusion: "It Would Have Been Enough"
280(3)
by Rose Mary Dougherty
Contributors283