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Assignment

Write a summary paper to include the following:

1.     Describe your experience with your spiritual director either that you began during this course or had previously. Did you notice any changes in yourself? What did you gain from the relationship? What was helpful and not helpful to you? What would you have done differently if the roles were switched? How was your prayer and spiritual life affected? If you were not able to meet with a spiritual guide, reference another supportive listening relationship in your life that modeled the principles of spiritual direction.

2.      Either before or after this course, have you discerned an interest in becoming a spiritual director? Why or why not? What have you read in these texts that led you in either direction?

3.      Imagine you are creating an article or brochure about spiritual direction. How would you define it (maybe multiple definitions), and how would you describe it to people who don’t know what it is? How would you “sell” its’ benefits? How would you assure people it isn’t being told what to do, think, or believe – that it isn’t indoctrination in to a particular religion? What else would you want people to know to invite them to consider trying it?

1.     The Art of Christian Listening   Hart, Thomas, Paulist Press, 1980. ISBN 0-8091-2345-2

2.     Holy Listening : The Art of Spiritual Direction Guenther, Margaret, CowleyPublications, 1992. ISBN: 1561010561

3.     Candlelight: Illuminating the Art of Spiritual Direction Phillips, Susan S., Morehouse Publishing, 2008 ISBN 978-0-8192-2297-8