Buried Longings: Spiritual Direction + Thoughts on Life

sigh. to say that i am "happy" to be embarking on this journey of further investigation would be incorrect. bleh. it feels akin to suiting up for a long and arduous run uphill... both ways. But, I am sensing a tug to do it and i've found that a quiet obedience to such internal tugs bring unexpected rewards and hard-won growth. There is a great variety of emotional reactions to this issue within my being. May I invite you to pay attention to your own emotional /embodied responses if you read this post. :-)

So I just listened to this podcast (below) because I've recently been intrigued by (but have yet to read) the Guest's book "Jesus &John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith & Fractured a Nation". The Author's name is Kristen Kobes Du Mez. She is Professor of History at Calvin University. (If this link- above- doesnt work, you can find the podcast... https://buriedlongings.wordpress.com//06/21/podcast-thoug/

We under use silence in spiritual direction work. What keeps it from being awkward silence is intentionally inviting clients into silence and the deep listening that comes with it. #spiritualdirection www.SpiritualDirectionLab.com #Spiritualguidance

Originally posted at Writewhatyousee.wordpress.com November 2016. https://buriedlongings.wordpress.com//unintended-psalms-o/